Directed dispersal by rotational shepherding supports landscape genetic connectivity in a calcareous grassland plant

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 832-842

  Rico, Yessica ^a,b   Holderegger, Rolf ^c   Boehmer, Hans Juergen ^d   Wagner, Helene H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

calcareous grasslands; Dianthus carthusianorum; gene flow; Germany; landscape genetics; nuclear microsatellites; zoochory

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA; PLANT DNA;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CALCAREOUS GRASSLANDS; CARNATION; DIANTHUS CARTHUSIANORUM; ECOSYSTEM; GENE FLOW; GENETICS; GERMANY; LANDSCAPE GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MICROSATELLITES; POPULATION GENETICS; SEED DISPERSAL; SHEEP; ZOOCHORY;

CALCAREOUS GRASSLANDS; DIANTHUS CARTHUSIANORUM; GENE FLOW; GERMANY; LANDSCAPE GENETICS; NUCLEAR MICROSATELLITES; ZOOCHORY;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; DIANTHUS; DNA, PLANT; ECOSYSTEM; GENE FLOW; GENETICS, POPULATION; GERMANY; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; SEED DISPERSAL; SHEEP;

EID: 84894959875     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.12639     Document Type: Article

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