Contrasting relationships between species diversity and genetic diversity in natural and disturbed forest tree communities

New Phytologist

Volumn 193, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 779-786

  Wei, Xinzeng ^a   Jiang, Mingxi ^a  

^a Wuhan Institute of Botany Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Altitude; Biodiversity; Euptelea pleiospermum; Human disturbance; Nuclear microsatellite; Riparian forest; Species genetic diversity correlation (SGDC)

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDINAL ZONATION; CONSERVATION GENETICS; CORRELATION; EFFECTIVE POPULATION SIZE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIATION; HERB; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MIGRATION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; RIPARIAN FOREST; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CHINA; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); RANUNCULACEAE; RIVER; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TREE;

ALTITUDE; BIODIVERSITY; CHINA; GENETIC VARIATION; GEOGRAPHY; MOVEMENT; RANUNCULACEAE; RIVERS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TREES;

EUPTELEA;

EID: 84855757459     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2011.03957.x     Document Type: Article

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