Can we bring Madagascar's critically endangered palms back from the brink? Genetics, ecology and conservation of the critically endangered palm Beccariophoenix madagascariensis

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 154, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 589-608

  Shapcott, Alison ^a   Rakotoarinivo, Mijoro ^b,c   Smith, Rhian J ^b   Lysaková, Gabriela ^b   Fay, Michael F ^b   Dransfield, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

^b ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTANANARIVO   (Madagascar)

Author keywords

Fire management; Fragmentation; Frugivores; Gene flow; Inbreeding; Species recovery; Sustainable harvesting

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED SPECIES; FIRE MANAGEMENT; FRUGIVORY; GENE FLOW; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETICS; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; INBREEDING; POPULATION GENETICS; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR;

BECCARIOPHOENIX MADAGASCARIENSIS;

EID: 34548276940     PISSN: 00244074     EISSN: 10958339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2007.00676.x     Document Type: Article

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