Genetic evidence of frequent long-distance recruitment in a vertebrate-dispersed tree

Ecology Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 516-525

  Hardesty, Britta Denise ^a,b   Hubbell, Stephen P ^a   Bermingham, Eldredge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Barro Colorado Island; Frugivory; Microsatellites; Panama; Parentage analysis; Pollen movement; Seed dispersal; Seedling establishment; Simarouba amara; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; FRUGIVORY; GENETIC PHENOMENA; MATERNAL EFFECT; PALYNOLOGY; SEEDLING; TREE; TROPHIC CONDITIONS; TROPICAL FOREST; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PANAMA; PLANT SEED; POLLEN; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GENETICS; SEEDLING; SIMAROUBACEAE; TREE; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; GENETICS, POPULATION; PANAMA; POLLEN; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEEDLING; SEEDS; SIMAROUBA; TREES; VERTEBRATES;

BARRO COLORADO ISLAND; CENTRAL AMERICA; GATUN LAKE; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

SIMAROUBA AMARA; SIMAROUBACEAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33645862243     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2006.00897.x     Document Type: Article

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