Restoration recovers population structure and landscape genetic connectivity in a dispersal-limited ecosystem

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1288-1297

  Reynolds, Laura K ^a   Waycott, Michelle ^b   Mcglathery, Karen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aquatic plant ecology; Ecological restoration; Eelgrass; Genetic diversity; Landscape genetics; Metapopulation; Microsatellite; Population genetics; Seagrass; Zostera marina

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIVITY; DISPERSAL; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC STRUCTURE; HABITAT RESTORATION; MEADOW; METAPOPULATION; MIGRATION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEAGRASS;

ATLANTIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA];

ZOSTERA MARINA;

EID: 84883261525     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.12116     Document Type: Article

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