Demographic genetics of a pioneer tropical tree species: Patch dynamics, seed dispersal, and seed banks

Evolution

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 1155-1166

  Alvarez Buylla, Elena R ^a   Chaos, Álvaro ^a   Piñero, Daniel ^a   Garay, Adriana A ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Cecropia obtusifolia; colonizing species; demographic genetics; disturbance; F statistics; gaps; patch dynamics; population genetic structure; seed dispersal; seed bank genetics; tropical rain forest

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; PIONEER TREE;

CECROPIA OBTUSIFOLIA; CECROPIACEAE;

EID: 0029661303     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1996.tb02356.x     Document Type: Article

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