Genetic variation and plant performance in fragmented populations of globeflowers (Trollius europaeus) within agricultural landscapes

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 873-884

  Klank, Charlotte ^a   Ghazoul, Jaboury ^a   Pluess, Andrea R ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Absolute severity of competition; AFLP; Genetic diversity and differentiation; Nursery pollination; Plant performance; Population size

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CONNECTIVITY; CONSERVATION GENETICS; DECADAL VARIATION; GENETIC RESOURCE; GENETIC VARIATION; GREENHOUSE ECOSYSTEM; HERB; HETEROZYGOSITY; INBREEDING AVOIDANCE; LAND USE CHANGE; NURSERY GROUND; PERENNIAL PLANT; POLYMORPHISM; POPULATION SIZE; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

SWITZERLAND;

TROLLIUS EUROPAEUS;

EID: 84860487249     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-012-0337-y     Document Type: Article

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