Effects of harvesting of increasing intensities on genetic diversity and population structure of white spruce

Evolutionary Applications

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 778-794

  Fageria, Manphool S ^a,b   Rajora, Om P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bottleneck and genetic drift, sustainable forest management, biodiversity conservation; EST and genomic microsatellites; Genetic diversity; Harvesting of increasing intensities; Picea glauca; Population structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880601885     PISSN: 17524563     EISSN: 17524571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/eva.12064     Document Type: Article

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