A multi-marker DNA barcoding approach to save time and resources in vegetation surveys

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 169, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 518-529

  De Mattia, Fabrizio ^a   Gentili, Rodolfo ^a   Bruni, Ilaria ^a   Galimberti, Andrea ^a   Sgorbati, Sergio ^a   Casiraghi, Maurizio ^a   Labra, Massimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Integrated taxonomy; MatK; Plastid DNA markers; RbcL; TrnH psbA; Vegetation plot

Indexed keywords

DATABASE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIATION; GRASSLAND; IDENTIFICATION KEY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; SAMPLING; SUBALPINE ENVIRONMENT; TAXONOMY; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

ITALY; LOMBARDY;

EID: 84862533015     PISSN: 00244074     EISSN: 10958339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2012.01251.x     Document Type: Article

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