Restoration of genetic diversity in the dry forest tree Swietenia macrophylla (Meliaceae) after pasture abandonment in Costa Rica

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 3201-3212

  Cespedes M ^a   Gutierrez, M V ^a   Holbrook, N M ^b   Rocha, O J ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Change in land use; Dispersal; Ecological succession; Gene flow; Mahogany; Metapopulation; Microsatellite markers; Over exploitation; Pollinators

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; COSTA RICA; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS, POPULATION; MELIACEAE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; TIME FACTORS; TREES; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EMBRYOPHYTA; MELIACEAE; ROSA; SWIETENIA; SWIETENIA MACROPHYLLA;

EID: 17544404002     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.2003.01986.x     Document Type: Article

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