Estimating seed and pollen movement in a monoecious plant: A hierarchical Bayesian approach integrating genetic and ecological data

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1248-1262

  Moran, Emily V ^a   Clark, James S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

hierarchical Bayesian models; microsatellites; parentage; population ecology; Quercus; seed dispersal

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; ECOLOGY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; METHODOLOGY; OAK; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; POLLEN;

BAYES THEOREM; ECOLOGY; GENOTYPE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POLLEN; QUERCUS; SEEDS;

QUERCUS; QUERCUS FALCATA; QUERCUS RUBRA; QUERCUS VELUTINA;

EID: 79952366664     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2011.05019.x     Document Type: Article

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