Multi-stemmed trees of Nothofagus pumilio second-growth forest in Patagonia are formed by highly related individuals

Annals of Botany

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 905-913

  Till Bottraud, Irène ^a   Fajardo, Alex ^b   Rioux, Delphine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ JOSEPH FOURIER   (France)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

AFLP; multi stemmed trees; Patagonia; post fire regeneration; sibship structure

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; PLANT DNA;

DECIDUOUS TREE; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENOTYPE; RELATEDNESS; SECONDARY FOREST; STEM; VEGETATIVE REPRODUCTION;

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; CHILE; FIRE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STEM; TREE;

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM ANALYSIS; ANGIOSPERMS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILE; DNA, PLANT; FIRES; GENOTYPE; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT STEMS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; TREES;

PATAGONIA;

NOTHOFAGUS PUMILIO;

EID: 84865448307     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcS146     Document Type: Article

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