Tracing the origin of Gulf Coast Phragmites (Poaceae): A story of long-distance dispersal and hybridization

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 538-551

  Lambertini, Carla ^a   Mendelssohn, Irving A ^b   Gustafsson, MATS H G ^a   Olesen, Birgit ^a   Riis, Tenna ^a   Sorrell, Brian K ^a   Brix, Hans ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene flow; Gulf coast; Hybridization; Introgression; Invasion; Long distance dispersal; Phragmites australis; Phragmites mauritianus

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CHLOROPLAST; DISPERSAL; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENE FLOW; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GRASS; HYBRID; HYBRIDIZATION; INTROGRESSION; ISOLATED POPULATION; REEDBED; SPECIES CONCEPT; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; EVOLUTION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HYBRIDIZATION; PHYSIOLOGY; POACEAE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM ANALYSIS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; DEMOGRAPHY; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC VARIATION; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; POACEAE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

AFRICA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA;

PHRAGMITES; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; PHRAGMITES MAURITIANUS; POACEAE;

EID: 84858591086     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1100396     Document Type: Article

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