Fragmentation can increase spatial genetic structure without decreasing pollen-mediated gene flow in a wind-pollinated tree

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 21, 2011, Pages 4421-4432

  Wang, Rong ^a,b   Compton, Stephen G ^b   Chen, Xiao Yong ^a  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Castanopsis sclerophylla; fragmentation; gene flow; isolation; spatial genetic structure

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; FAGACEAE; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLINATION; POPULATION GENETICS; WIND;

ECOSYSTEM; FAGACEAE; GENE FLOW; GENETIC STRUCTURES; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; POLLINATION; WIND;

CASTANOPSIS SCLEROPHYLLA; FAGACEAE; PAXTON; RODENTIA;

EID: 80054829105     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2011.05293.x     Document Type: Article

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