Tree density and population size affect pollen flow and mating patterns in small fragmented forest stands of pedunculate oak (Quercus robur L.)

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 328, Issue , 2014, Pages 254-261

  Vranckx, Guy ^a   Mergeay, Joachim ^b   Cox, Karen ^b   Muys, Bart ^a   Jacquemyn, Hans ^a   Honnay, Olivier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NATURE AND FOREST INBO   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Coancestry coefficient; Microsatellites; Paternity analysis; Pollen pool differentiation; Quercus robur L.; Stand characteristics

Indexed keywords

LAKES; POPULATION STATISTICS;

COANCESTRY; MICROSATELLITES; PATERNITY ANALYSIS; QUERCUS ROBUR; STAND CHARACTERISTICS;

FORESTRY;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; DECIDUOUS FOREST; GENE FLOW; GENETIC MARKER; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MATING BEHAVIOR; PATERNITY; POLLEN; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION SIZE; STAND STRUCTURE; URBAN AREA; WIND FORCING;

FORESTRY; LAKES; QUERCUS ROBUR;

EID: 84904597779     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2014.05.044     Document Type: Article

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