Adaptive potential of ash (Fraxinus excelsior) populations against the novel emerging pathogen Hymenoscyphus pseudoalbidus

Evolutionary Applications

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 219-228

  Kjær, Erik Dahl ^a   McKinney, Lea Vig ^a   Nielsen, Lene Rostgaard ^a   Hansen, Lars Nørgaard ^a   Hansen, Jon Kehlet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Conservation genetics; Ecological; Emerging infectious disease genetics; Invasive species

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859102425     PISSN: 17524563     EISSN: 17524571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-4571.2011.00222.x     Document Type: Article

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