High Levels of Genetic Contamination in Remnant Populations of Acacia saligna from a Genetically Divergent Planted Stand

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 260-267

  Millar, Melissa A ^a,b,c   Byrne, Margaret ^b,c   Nuberg, Ian K ^a,b   Sedgley, Margaret ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c Crop Variety Testing Group   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fragmented vegetation; Gene flow; Genetic contamination; Paternity analysis; Pollen dispersal; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; DISTURBANCE; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; GENE FLOW; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC STRUCTURE; NATIVE SPECIES; PATERNITY; POLLEN; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STAND STRUCTURE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

ACACIA; ACACIA SALIGNA;

EID: 84857981810     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2010.00758.x     Document Type: Article

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