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Image Title: Outbreeding, seedling establishment, and maladaptation in natural and reintroduced populations of rare and common Silene douglasii (Caryophyllaceae)
Image Credit: Susan R. Kephart, Willamette University
AJB Editor: Judy Jernstedt, University of California - Davis
Intended End User: Teacher, Student
License Details: BSA - Terms for Image Use
Copyright held by: Susan R. Kephart, BSA
Date Created: 10/1/2005
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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.

Link to the AJB Abstract for the article:

Outbreeding, seedling establishment, and maladaptation in natural and reintroduced populations of rare and common Silene douglasii (Caryophyllaceae)

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