Genetic insights into the historical distribution of Polylepis pauta (Rosaceae) in the northeastern Cordillera Oriental of Ecuador

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 607-618

  Aragundi, Sheika ^a,b   Hamrick, J L ^b   Parker, Kathleen C ^b  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL ECUADOR   (Ecuador)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Allozyme variation; Forest restoration; Historical range; Isolation by distance; Landscape genetics; Polylepis pauta

Indexed keywords

ALLOZYME; CONSERVATION GENETICS; DICOTYLEDON; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; ISOLATED POPULATION; PATCHINESS; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POLLINATION; POLYMORPHISM; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; VEGETATIVE REPRODUCTION; WATERSHED;

ARGENTINA; CORDILLERA ORIENTAL [ECUADOR]; ECUADOR; VENEZUELA;

POLYLEPIS; POLYLEPIS PAUTA; ROSACEAE;

EID: 79955818963     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-010-0165-x     Document Type: Article

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