Small-scale spatial genetic structure in the Central African rainforest tree species Aucoumea klaineana: A stepwise approach to infer the impact of limited gene dispersal, population history and habitat fragmentation

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2041-2050

  Born, Céline ^a,b   Hardy, Olivier J ^c   Chevallier, Marie Hélène ^b,d   Ossari, Simon ^a   Attéké, Christiane ^e   Wickings, E Jean ^a   Hossaert Mckey, Martine ^b  

^a CENTRE INTERNATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉDICALES DE FRANCEVILLE   (Gabon)

^b CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^d CIRAD   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DES SCIENCES ET TECHNIQUES DE MASUKU   (Gabon)

Author keywords

Insect pollination; Lower Guinea Forest Domain; Spatial genetic structure isolation by distance; Wind dispersal

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA; PLANT DNA;

ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CHEMISTRY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM; GABON; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETICS; TREE;

ANGIOSPERMS; BAYES THEOREM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, PLANT; ECOSYSTEM; GABON; GENE FLOW; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TREES; VARIATION (GENETICS);

AUCOUMEA KLAINEANA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 42049096766     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2007.03685.x     Document Type: Article

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