Mammalian herbivores reveal marked genetic divergence among populations of an endangered plant species

Oikos

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 268-276

  Mann, Anthony N ^a   O'Reilly Wapstra, Julianne M ^a   Iason, Glenn R ^b   Sanson, Gordon ^c   Davies, Noel W ^d   Tilyard, Paul ^a   Williams, Dean ^e   Potts, Brad M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^e FORESTRY TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BROWSING; CAPTIVE POPULATION; COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY; CONSERVATION GENETICS; DIVERGENCE; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EVERGREEN TREE; FITNESS; FOLIAGE; FOOD PREFERENCE; GENETIC VARIATION; HERBIVORY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MARSUPIAL; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; RARE SPECIES; RESIDENT POPULATION; SURVIVAL;

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS MORRISBYI; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; PHALANGERIDAE; TRICHOSURUS; TRICHOSURUS VULPECULA;

EID: 84855948438     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2011.19667.x     Document Type: Article

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