Getting here from there: Testing the genetic paradigm underpinning introduction histories and invasion success

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 147-157

  Hardesty, Britta Denise ^a   Le Roux, Johannes J ^b   Rocha, Oscar J ^c   Meyer, Jean Yves ^d   Westcott, David ^a   Wieczorek, Ania M ^e  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Délégation à la Recherche Gouvernement de la Polynésie Française   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetic diversity; Inbreeding; Invasive species; Miconia calvescens; Microsatellite

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DICOTYLEDON; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIATION; HETEROZYGOSITY; INBREEDING; INVASIVE SPECIES; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PLANT COMMUNITY; POPULATION BOTTLENECK; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALIA; COSTA RICA; HAWAII [(ISL) HAWAIIAN ISLANDS]; HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; NEW CALEDONIA [MELANESIA]; SOCIETY ISLANDS; TAHITI; UNITED STATES; WINDWARD ISLANDS [SOCIETY ISLANDS];

MICONIA CALVESCENS;

EID: 84855497388     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2011.00832.x     Document Type: Article

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