Genetic diversity following demographic recovery in the insular endemic plant Galium catalinense subspecies acrispum

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 2015-2025

  Riley, Lynn ^a   McGlaughlin, Mitchell E ^b   Helenurm, Kaius ^a  

^a W O Farber Center for Civic Leadership   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Endemic; Galium catalinense; Microsatellite; Perennial; Population genetics; San Clemente Island

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDEMIC SPECIES; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIATION; PERENNIAL PLANT; POPULATION BOTTLENECK; POPULATION SIZE; SHRUB; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

CALIFORNIA; CHANNEL ISLANDS [CALIFORNIA]; SAN CLEMENTE ISLAND; SANTA CATALINA ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

GALIUM; GALIUM CATALINENSE; RUBIACEAE;

EID: 77956876438     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-010-0094-8     Document Type: Article

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