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Patch establishment and development of a clonal plant, Polygonum cuspidatum, on Mount Fuji.
Molecular ecology - 1 Jun 2003
Zhou Zhihua, Miwa Makoto, Nara Kazuhide, Wu Bingyun, Nakaya Hironobu, Lian Chunlan, Miyashita Naoya, Oishi Ryuuya, Maruta Emiko, Hogetsu Taizo
Abstract excerpt
Microsatellite analysis was used to investigate the patch establishment and development of Polygonum cuspidatum Sieb. et Zucc, a clonal herbaceous plant that dominates the primary succession on the southeast slope of Mount Fuji. Genotypes of P. cuspidatum in 155 patches at the study site differed from each other. This indicates that P. cuspidatum patches are initially established by seed dispersed on the bare...
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