Pollen dispersal of tropical trees (Dinizia excelsa: Fabaceae) by native insects and African honeybees in pristine and fragmented Amazonian rainforest

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 753-764

  Dick, Christopher W ^a,b   Etchelecu, Gabriela ^b   Austerlitz, Frédéric ^c  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^b APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^c Institut National Recherche Agronomique (INRA)   (France)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Microsatellites; Pollen flow; Pollination; Tropical rainforest; TwoGener analysis

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APIS MELLIFERA SCUTELLATA; DINIZIA EXCELSA; FABACEAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

MICROSATELLITE DNA; PLANT DNA;

ALLELE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; BRAZIL; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GENETICS; LEGUME; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; POLLEN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BEES; BRAZIL; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DNA, PLANT; ECOSYSTEM; FABACEAE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POLLEN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEEDS; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 0037350987     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.2003.01760.x     Document Type: Article

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