Chloroplast DNA diversity associated with protected slopes and valleys for hybridizing Eucalyptus species on isolated ranges in south-eastern Australia

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 155-167

  Pollock, Laura J ^a   Bayly, Michael J ^a   Nevill, Paul G ^b,c   Vesk, Peter A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b BOTANIC GARDENS AND PARKS AUTHORITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australian biogeography; Chloroplast microsatellites; Endemism; Eucalyptus; Grampians National Park; Introgression; Landscape genetics; Phylogeography; South eastern Australia

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPLAST; DNA; ENDEMIC SPECIES; EVERGREEN TREE; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC MARKER; HYBRIDIZATION; LANDSCAPE; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; TOPOGRAPHY;

AUSTRALIA; GRAMPIAN; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS BAXTERI; EUCALYPTUS OBLIQUA; EUCALYPTUS PAUCIFLORA; EUCALYPTUS WILLISII;

EID: 84871292712     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2012.02766.x     Document Type: Article

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