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- Title
- Outbreeding, seedling establishment, and maladaptation in natural and reintroduc
- Author
- Susan R. Kephart Willamette University Department of Biology 900 State Street Salem Oregon 97301 USA
- Keywords
- Caryophyllaceae, inbreeding, maladaptation, Oregon, rarity, reintroduction, seedling survival, Silene
- Description
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- A coastal prairie and UNESCO Biosphere Reserve north of Lincoln City, Oregon,
USA on the Pacific Ocean. The ungrazed promontory of the preserve supports a
diverse flora and fauna, including rare and endemic species. Color-coded organza
bags were used to retrieve inbred and outbred progeny from hand pollinations
of the rare Silene douglasii var. oraria (inset) for reintroduction.
Transplants of outbred progeny had higher survival over 5 years than the inbred
progeny in this headland (foreground), and seedling establishment was lowest
for the rare variety in natural and experimental plots. This case study will
facilitate the design of larger scale attempts at successful reintroductions.
- Publisher
- Botanical Society of America
- Additional data
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copyright: Susan R. Kephart, BSA
license: http://images.botany.org/index.html#license
- Collection
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Population Biology
- Botanical Name
- Silene douglasii
- Location State
- Oregon
- Location Country
- USA
- Link URL
- http://www.amjbot.org/cgi/content/abstract/92/10/1691
- Link Title
- Outbreeding, seedling establishment, and maladaptation in natural and reintroduced populations of ra
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