Competition may explain the fine-scale spatial patterns and genetic structure of two co-occurring plant congeners

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 838-848

  Matesanz, Silvia ^a,d   Gimeno, Teresa E ^a   de la Cruz, Marcelino ^b   Escudero, Adrián ^c   Valladares, Fernando ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^d WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clonal growth; Community genetics; Congeners; Genetic distance; ISSR; Mantel correlogram; Plant plant interactions; Spatial genetic structure; Thymus

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMARKER; CLONAL GROWTH; COEXISTENCE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIATION; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

THYMUS (THYME); THYMUS LOSCOSII; THYMUS VULGARIS;

EID: 79954542951     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2011.01812.x     Document Type: Article

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