Genetic analysis reveals human-mediated long-distance dispersal among war cemeteries in Trifolium micranthum

Plant Ecology

Volumn 213, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1241-1250

  D’Hondt, Bram ^a   Breyne, Peter ^b   van Landuyt, Wouter ^b   Hoffmann, Maurice ^a,b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NATURE AND FOREST INBO   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Amplified fragment length polymorphism; Anthropochory; Gene flow; Landscape genetics; Regional ensemble; Spatial genetic structure

Indexed keywords

TRIFOLIUM MICRANTHUM;

EID: 84862771262     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: 15735052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-012-0082-9     Document Type: Article

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