Measuring genetic diversity in ecological studies

Plant Ecology

Volumn 213, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1105-1115

  Avolio, Meghan L ^a   Beaulieu, Jeremy M ^a   Lo, Eugenia Y Y ^a   Smith, Melinda D ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community diversity; Ecosystem function; Genome diversity; Phenotype; SGDC

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENOME; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

KANSAS; KONZA PRAIRIE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84863449384     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-012-0069-6     Document Type: Article

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