Spatial structure and genetic diversity of three tropical tree species with different habitat preferences within a natural forest

Tree Genetics and Genomes

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 121-131

  Ng, Kevin Kit Siong ^a   Lee, Soon Leong ^a   Saw, Leng Guan ^a   Plotkin, Joshua B ^b   Koh, Chong Lek ^c  

^a FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Genetic diversity; Habitat specific and generalist; Hill dipterocarp forest; Microsatellite; Shorea; Spatial distribution pattern and spatial genetic structure

Indexed keywords

SHOREA; SHOREA CURTISII; SHOREA LEPROSULA; SHOREA MACROPTERA;

EID: 33746931694     PISSN: 16142942     EISSN: 16142950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11295-006-0035-3     Document Type: Article

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