Flexible mating system in a logged population of Swietenia macrophylla King (Meliaceae): Implications for the management of a threatened neotropical tree species

Plant Ecology

Volumn 192, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 169-179

  Lemes, Maristerra R ^a,b   Grattapaglia, Dario ^c   Grogan, James ^d,e   Proctor, John ^b   Gribel, Rogério ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^c EMBRAPA RECURSOS GENÉTICOS E BIOTECNOLOGIA   (Brazil)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Instituto do Homem e Meio Ambiente da Amazonia IMAZON   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon; DNA microsatellites; Genetic conservation; Genetic diversity; Mahogany; Outcrossing

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; CONSERVATION GENETICS; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC STRUCTURE; INBREEDING; LOGGING (TIMBER); OUTCROSSING; POLLINATION; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY;

AMAZONIA; BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

MELIACEAE; SWIETENIA; SWIETENIA MACROPHYLLA;

EID: 34548506727     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-007-9322-9     Document Type: Article

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