Vagile but inbred: Patterns of inbreeding and the genetic structure within populations of the monsoon rain forest tree Syzygium nervosum (Myrtaceae) in northern Australia

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 595-614

  Shapcott, Alison ^a,b  

^a Parks and Wildlife Service Northern Territory   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITI BRUNEI DARUSSALAM   (Brunei Darussalam)

Author keywords

Fragmentation; Genetic structure; Inbreeding; Myrtaceae; Pollination; Population size; Rain forest; Spatial autocorrelation; Vagility

Indexed keywords

GENE FLOW; GENETIC STRUCTURE; INBREEDING; RAINFOREST; TREE;

AUSTRALIA;

SYZYGIUM NERVOSUM;

EID: 0031724779     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S026646749800042X     Document Type: Article

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