Fine-scale community and genetic structure are tightly linked in species-rich grasslands

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 366, Issue 1569, 2011, Pages 1346-1357

  Whitlock, Raj ^a   Bilton, Mark C ^b   Phil Grime, J ^a   Burke, Terry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Community ecology; Community genetics; Direct genetic effect; Genetic diversity; Grassland; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COEXISTENCE; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENOTYPE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GRASSLAND; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; LIMESTONE; PASTURE; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EID: 79953742034     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2010.0329     Document Type: Article

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