Reproductive and genetic consequences of forest fragmentation: Two case studies of neotropical canopy trees

Journal of Heredity

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 264-276

  Nason, J D ^a,b   Hamrick, J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; ECOLOGY; FOREST; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; POLLEN; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TREE;

ANACARDIACEAE; ANIMALIA; FICUS (ANGIOSPERM); HEXAPODA; MORACEAE; SPONDIAS MOMBIN; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0030746512     PISSN: 00221503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jhered.a023104     Document Type: Conference Paper

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