Reduced seed production, inbreeding, and pollen shortage in a small population of a threatened tree, Magnolia stellata

Biological Conservation

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 315-323

  Hirayama, Kimiko ^a   Ishida, Kiyoshi ^a   Setsuko, Suzuki ^b   Tomaru, Nobuhiro ^b  

^a FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Inbreeding depression; Insect pollination; Microsatellite; Outcrossing rate; Population size; Wright's fixation index

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; AUTOGAMY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GENETIC DRIFT; INBREEDING; POLLEN LIMITATION; SEED PRODUCTION; TREE;

HEXAPODA; MAGNOLIA STELLATA; MAGNOLIACEAE;

EID: 33847261077     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2006.12.004     Document Type: Article

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