Pollen diversity matters: Revealing the neglected effect of pollen diversity on fitness in fragmented landscapes

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 24, 2012, Pages 5955-5968

  Breed, Martin F ^a,b   Marklund, Maria H K ^a,b   Ottewell, Kym M ^a,c   Gardner, Michael G ^a,d   Berton Harris, J C ^a,e   Lowe, Andrew J ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND CONSERVATION   (Australia)

^d FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f State Herbarium of South Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

density dependence; global change; plant genetic resources; plant mating systems; revegetation

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; EUCALYPTUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUE; INBREEDING; POLLEN; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS;

ECOSYSTEM; EUCALYPTUS; GENETIC FITNESS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUES; INBREEDING; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MODELS, GENETIC; POLLEN; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS SOCIALIS; HEXAPODA;

EID: 84870943423     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.12056     Document Type: Article

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