Conservation genetics of the critically endangered Round Island bottle palm, Hyophorbe lagenicaulis (Arecaceae): Can cultivated stocks supplement a residual wild population?

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 167, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 301-310

  Asmussen Lange, Conny B ^a   Maunder, Michael ^a,b   Fay, Michael F ^a  

^a ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS   (United Kingdom)

^b Al Ain Wild Life Park and Resort   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

AFLP; Conservation genetics; Mascarene Islands; Mauritius; Reintroduction

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSERVATION GENETICS; DIVERSITY INDEX; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GENETIC VARIATION; MONOCOTYLEDON; POLYMORPHISM; REINTRODUCTION; VARIANCE ANALYSIS; WILD POPULATION;

BOLIVAR [VENEZUELA]; MASCARENE ISLANDS; ROUND ISLAND; VENEZUELA;

ARECACEAE; BEAUCARNEA RECURVATA; HYOPHORBE; HYOPHORBE LAGENICAULIS;

EID: 80054739240     PISSN: 00244074     EISSN: 10958339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2011.01175.x     Document Type: Article

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