A genetic evaluation of seed dispersal in the Neotropical tree Jacaranda copaia (Bignoniaceae)

American Naturalist

Volumn 166, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 543-555

  Jones, F A ^a,b   Chen, J ^a   Weng, G J ^a   Hubbell, S P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Barro Colorado Island; Directed dispersal; Dispersal kernel; Maximum likelihood estimation; Microsatellite DNA; Model selection

Indexed keywords

ANEMOCHORY; GENETIC VARIATION; POPULATION GENETICS; SEED DISPERSAL;

ARTICLE; BIGNONIACEAE; CLIMATE; GENETICS; GERMINATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PANAMA; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASON; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

BIGNONIACEAE; CLIMATE; GERMINATION; PANAMA; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASONS; SEEDS; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

BARRO COLORADO ISLAND; CENTRAL AMERICA; GATUN LAKE; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

BIGNONIACEAE; JACARANDA COPAIA;

EID: 27744573046     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/491661     Document Type: Article

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