Comparison of the population genetics and densities of five Pinanga palm species at Kuala Belalong, Brunei

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1641-1654

  Shapcott, A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITI BRUNEI DARUSSALAM   (Brunei Darussalam)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

Author keywords

Congeneric species; Diversity; Population density; Population genetics; Tropical rain forest; Understorey palms

Indexed keywords

BRUNEI DARUSSALAM; HOMOZYGOSITY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION GENETICS;

PINANGA; PINANGA ARISTATA; PINANGA DUMETOSA; PINANGA TENELLA; PINANGA VEITCHII;

EID: 0032697138     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.1999.00749.x     Document Type: Article

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