Effects of forest plantations on the genetic composition of conspecific native Aleppo pine populations

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 300-313

  Steinitz, O ^a   Robledo Arnuncio, J J ^b   Nathan, R ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b Instituto Nacional de Investigación Y Tecnología Agraria Y Alimentaria   (Spain)

Author keywords

dispersal; gene flow; genetic homogenization; non indigenous gene pool; Pinus halepensis; planting

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA; PLANT DNA;

ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GENE FLOW; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; ISRAEL; PINE; PLANT GENOME; TREE;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DNA, PLANT; ECOSYSTEM; GENE FLOW; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME, PLANT; ISRAEL; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PINUS; TREES;

PINUS HALEPENSIS;

EID: 84855445463     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2011.05394.x     Document Type: Article

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