Extensive contemporary pollen-mediated gene flow in two herb species, Ranunculus bulbosus and Trifolium montanum, along an altitudinal gradient in a meadow landscape

Annals of Botany

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 611-621

  Matter, Philippe ^a   Kettle, Chris J ^a   Ghazoul, Jaboury ^a   Pluess, Andrea R ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Elevation; flowering phenology; gene flow; herbs; managed meadows; microsatellites; pollen flow; pollen pool analysis; Ranunculus bulbosus; Trifolium montanum

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ALTITUDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CORRELATION; DATA ACQUISITION; FLOWERING; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIATION; HERB; LANDSCAPE; MEADOW; PATERNITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ADAPTATION; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLOVER; ECOSYSTEM; FLOWER; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; INBREEDING; POLLEN; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION GENETICS; RANUNCULACEAE; SWITZERLAND;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ALTITUDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; FLOWERS; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; INBREEDING; POLLEN; POPULATION DENSITY; RANUNCULUS; SWITZERLAND; TRIFOLIUM;

SWITZERLAND;

RANUNCULUS BULBOSUS; TRIFOLIUM MONTANUM;

EID: 84875590042     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mct021     Document Type: Article

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