Effects of seed dispersal, adult tree and seedling density on the spatial genetic structure of regeneration at fine temporal and spatial scales

Tree Genetics and Genomes

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 37-48

  Sagnard, Fabrice ^a,b   Oddou Muratorio, Sylvie ^a   Pichot, Christian ^a   Vendramin, Giovanni G ^c   Fady, Bruno ^a  

^a French National Institute for Agriculture   (France)

^b CIRAD   (France)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Abies alba; Demography; Density; Forest dynamics; Seed dispersal; Spatial genetic structure; Temperate forest trees

Indexed keywords

ABIES; ABIES ALBA;

EID: 78751650309     PISSN: 16142942     EISSN: 16142950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11295-010-0313-y     Document Type: Article

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