Evaluating contemporary pollen dispersal in two common grassland species Ranunculus bulbosus L. (Ranunculaceae) and Trifolium montanum L. (Fabaceae) using an experimental approach

Plant Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 583-592

  Matter, P ^a   Kettle, C J ^a   Ghazoul, J ^a   Hahn, T ^a   Pluess, A R ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Calcareous grasslands; Fragmentation; Gene flow; Herbs; Microsatellites; Paternity analysis

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

DISPERSAL; FRAGMENTATION; GENE FLOW; GENETIC MARKER; GEOMETRY; GRASSLAND; HERB; INBREEDING; LEGUME; PATERNITY; POLLEN; WEIBULL THEORY;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLOVER; GENE FLOW; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLEN; POPULATION GENETICS; RANUNCULACEAE; SWITZERLAND;

GENE FLOW; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MODELS, GENETIC; POLLEN; RANUNCULUS; SWITZERLAND; TRIFOLIUM;

SWITZERLAND;

FABACEAE; RANUNCULACEAE; RANUNCULUS BULBOSUS; TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM MONTANUM;

EID: 84875609803     PISSN: 14358603     EISSN: 14388677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1438-8677.2012.00667.x     Document Type: Article

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