Evidence map›Paper›PMID 29187981›Full record

ArticleEcology and evolution2017

Clonality disguises the vulnerability of a threatened arid zone Acacia.

David G Roberts, Cairo N Forrest, Andrew J Denham, David J Ayre

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Article in Ecology and evolution, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

David G RobertsSchool of Biological Sciences and Centre for Sustainable Ecosystem Services University of Wollongong Wollongong NSW Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-3812-3933
Cairo N ForrestSchool of Biological Sciences and Centre for Sustainable Ecosystem Services University of Wollongong Wollongong NSW Australia.
Andrew J DenhamSchool of Biological Sciences and Centre for Sustainable Ecosystem Services University of Wollongong Wollongong NSW Australia.
David J AyreSchool of Biological Sciences and Centre for Sustainable Ecosystem Services University of Wollongong Wollongong NSW Australia.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Long-lived, widespread plant species are expected to be genetically diverse, reflecting the interaction between large population sizes, overlapping generations, and gene flow. Such species are thought to be resilient to disturbance, but may carry an extinction debt due to reproductive failure. Genetic studies of Australian arid zone plant species suggest an unusually high frequency of asexuality, polyploidy, or both. A preliminary AFLP genetic study implied that the naturally fragmented arid zone tree,

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Australiaclonal plantsconservationheterozygositypolyploidypopulation geneticsreproductive failure

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PMID29187981
PMCPMC5696425

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