Genetic diversity and spatial structure within a natural stand of a tropical forest tree species, Carapa procera (Meliaceae), in French Guiana

Heredity

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 72-82

  Doligez, Agnes ^a,b   Joly, Helene I ^a  

^a UMR AGAP   (France)

^b Silvolab   (French Guiana)

Author keywords

Excess heterozygosity; Gene flow; Genetic structure; Isozymes; Spatial autocorrelation; Tropical tree

Indexed keywords

GENE FLOW; GENETIC DIVERSITY; POLLEN DISPERSAL; RAINFOREST TREE; SPATIAL PATTERN;

FRENCH GUIANA;

CARAPA; CARAPA PROCERA; MELIACEAE;

EID: 0030861163     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/hdy.1997.124     Document Type: Article

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