Process to extinction and genetic structure of a threatened Japanese conifer species, Picea koyamae

Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 292-301

  Katsuki, Toshio ^a   Shimada, Ken'ichi ^a   Yoshimaru, Hiroshi ^a  

^a FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Extinction; Genetic structure; Inbreeding; nSSR; Picea koyamae

Indexed keywords

CONIFER SPECIES; FOREST FLOORS; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIATION; INBREEDING; MATURE TREES; NSSR; PICEA KOYAMAE; POPULATION SIZES; POPULATION STRUCTURES; RELICT SPECIES; SEEDLING DENSITY; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SIMPLE SEQUENCE REPEATS;

FORESTRY; GENES; LANDFORMS;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

ALLELE; CONIFEROUS TREE; CONSERVATION GENETICS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXTINCTION RISK; FOREST FLOOR; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIATION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; INBREEDING DEPRESSION; POPULATION SIZE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT;

BIOLOGICAL POPULATIONS; FORESTRY; GENES; JAPAN; SASA; SOFTWOODS;

AKAISHI MOUNTAINS; CHUBU; HONSHU; JAPAN; JAPANESE ALPS; YATSUGATAKE MOUNTAINS;

CONIFEROPHYTA; PICEA; PICEA KOYAMAE; SASA;

EID: 79960190609     PISSN: 13416979     EISSN: 16107403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10310-010-0227-4     Document Type: Article

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