Short-distance gene flow in Populus nigra L. accounts for small-scale spatial genetic structures: Implications for in situ conservation measures

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1327-1338

  Rathmacher, Georg ^a   Niggemann, Marc ^a   Köhnen, Melanie ^a   Ziegenhagen, Birgit ^a   Bialozyt, Ronald ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Microsatellite; Natural regeneration; Parentage analysis; Pollen dispersal; Seed dispersal; SSR

Indexed keywords

DICOTYLEDON; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GENE FLOW; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC STRUCTURE; JUVENILE; REGENERATION; RIPARIAN FOREST; SEED DISPERSAL;

EUROPE;

POPULUS NIGRA;

EID: 77953912751     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-009-9961-6     Document Type: Article

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