Is mahogany dysgenically selected?

Environmental Conservation

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 129-139

  Cornelius, J P ^a,b   Navarro, C M ^a   Wightman, K E ^c   Ward, S E ^d,e  

^a CATIE   (Costa Rica)

^b WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL FORESTRY   (Puerto Rico)

^e Urb University Gardens   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Dysgenic selection; Genetic erosion; Meliaceae; Neotropics; Selective logging; Swietenia

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; GENES; LOGGING (FORESTRY);

DYSGENIC SELECTION; GENETIC EROSION; MELIACEAE; NEOTROPICS; PHENOTYPE;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LOGGING (TIMBER); SELECTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DETERIORATION; EMPIRICISM; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC TRAIT; HEREDITY; HERITABILITY; LOGGING; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PLANT GENETICS; POPULATION GENETICS; QUALITY CONTROL; TREE;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTS; FORESTRY; GENES; LOGGING; SELECTIVE CUTTING; SWIETENIA;

MELIACEAE; SWIETENIA;

EID: 25844498215     PISSN: 03768929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0376892905002158     Document Type: Article

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