Colonisation as a common denominator in plant metapopulations and range expansions: effects on genetic diversity and sexual systems

Journal article

Colonisation plays a central role in both the initial occupancy of a region through range expansions as well as in metapopulations, where local extinctions are balanced by re-colonisations. In this paper, we review the effects that colonisation is expected to have on patterns of genetic variation within a species, and we draw attention to the possibility of interpreting these patterns as signatures of colonisation in the past. We briefly review theoretical predictions for the effect of coloni...

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Authors: Pannell, J; Dorken, M

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY
• Volume: 21
• Issue: 6
• Pages: 837-848
• Publication date: 2006-08-01
• DOI: 10.1007/s10980-005-5389-7
• EISSN: 1572-9761
• ISSN: 0921-2973
• Language: English
• Keywords: F-ST; androdioecy; Baker's Law; genetic diversity; population subdivision; colonisation; metapopulation dynamics; monoecy; range expansion; tristyly; dioecy; self-compatibility