Habitat fragmentation, genetic diversity, and inbreeding depression in a threatened grassland legume: Is genetic rescue necessary?

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 881-893

  Severns, Paul M ^a   Liston, Aaron ^a   Wilson, Mark V ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cpDNA diversity; Fender's blue butterfly; Genetic diversity; Rare plant conservation; Seed transfer; Small population size

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GENETIC VARIATION; GRASSLAND; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; INBREEDING DEPRESSION; LEGUME; POPULATION BOTTLENECK; POPULATION SIZE; RARE SPECIES; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED SET;

OREGON; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; DESMODIUM; LUPINUS OREGANUS;

EID: 79960579571     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-011-0191-3     Document Type: Article

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