Extensive pollen immigration and no evidence of disrupted mating patterns or reproduction in a highly fragmented holm oak stand

Journal of Plant Ecology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 384-395

  Ortego, Joaquín ^a,b   Bonal, Raúl ^a   Muñoz, Alberto ^c,d   Aparicio, José Miguel ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d CREAF   (Spain)

Author keywords

forest fragmentation; genetic diversity; paternity analyses; pollen dispersal; pollen pool structure; selfing; tree density

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905171115     PISSN: 17529921     EISSN: 1752993X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jpe/rtt049     Document Type: Article

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