High Nuclear Genetic Diversity, High Levels of Outcrossing and Low Differentiation Among Remnant Populations of Quercus petraea at the Margin of its Range in Ireland
Author(s) -
G. W. Muir
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
annals of botany
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.567
H-Index - 176
eISSN - 1095-8290
pISSN - 0305-7364
DOI - 10.1093/aob/mch096
Subject(s) - biology , population , gene flow , outcrossing , genetic diversity , phylogeography , genetic structure , effective population size , population genetics , quercus petraea , ecology , genetic variation , isolation by distance , evolutionary biology , genetics , demography , phylogenetics , pollen , sociology , gene
Quercus petraea colonized Ireland after the last glaciation from refugia on mainland Europe. Deforestation, however, beginning in Neolithic times, has resulted in small, scattered forest fragments, now covering less than 12,000 ha.
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