Evidence for the persistence of wild Ginkgo biloba (Ginkgoaceae) populations in the Dalou mountains, southwestern China

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 99, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1408-1414

  Tang, Cindy Q ^a   Yang, Yongchuan ^b   Ohsawa, Masahiko ^a   Yi, Si Rong ^c   Momohara, Arata ^d   Su, Wen Hua ^a   Wang, Huan Chong ^a   Zhang, Zhi Ying ^a   Peng, Ming Chun ^a   Wu, Zhao Lu ^a  

^a YUNNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Institute of Medicinal Plants Cultivation of Chongqing   (China)

^d CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dalou mountains; Floristic composition; Ginkgo biloba; Ginkgo fossil assemblage; Ginkgoaceae; Unstable habitats

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; AGE STRUCTURE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FOSSIL RECORD; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GYMNOSPERM; HOME RANGE; PALEOECOLOGY; SEVENTEENTH CENTURY; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; WILD POPULATION;

ARTICLE; CHINA; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; GINKGO BILOBA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; POPULATION GENETICS; SEEDLING; TIME; TREE;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CHINA; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC STRUCTURES; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; GINKGO BILOBA; SEEDLING; TIME FACTORS; TREES;

CHINA;

EID: 84864998286     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1200168     Document Type: Article

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