Severe habitat fragmentation leads to declines in genetic variation, mate availability, and reproductive success in small populations of a once-common Australian grassland daisy

International Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 174, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1209-1218

  Morgan, John W ^a   Meyer, Michaela J ^a   Young, Andrew G ^b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Demography; Diallel crossing; Genetic variation; Population size; S alleles; Seed set

Indexed keywords

ALLOZYME; CONSERVATION GENETICS; DEMOGRAPHY; DICOTYLEDON; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXTINCTION RISK; GENETIC VARIATION; GERMINATION; GRASSLAND; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; HETEROZYGOSITY; INBREEDING; POLYMORPHISM; POPULATION SIZE; RARE SPECIES; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEED SET; SELF INCOMPATIBILITY; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84886391809     PISSN: 10585893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/673242     Document Type: Article

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