Neighbourhood density and genetic relatedness interact to determine fruit set and abortion rates in a continuous tropical tree population

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 275, Issue 1652, 2008, Pages 2759-2767

  Jones, F A ^a,b   Comita, L S ^b,c  

^a SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Barro Colorado Island; Forest fragmentation; Jacaranda copaia; Pollen limitation; Positive density dependence; Spatial genetic structure

Indexed keywords

CONSPECIFIC; DICOTYLEDON; FITNESS; FRUIT SET; GENETIC STRUCTURE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INBREEDING; MATURATION; POLLEN LIMITATION; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION MODELING; RELATEDNESS; SELF INCOMPATIBILITY; TROPICAL FOREST;

ARTICLE; FRUIT; FRUIT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT COMMUNITY; PLANT GENETICS; POLLEN; POLLINATOR; POPULATION DENSITY DEPENDENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BARRO COLORADO ISLAND; CENTRAL AMERICA; GATUN LAKE; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

INVERTEBRATA; JACARANDA COPAIA;

EID: 54249104902     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2008.0894     Document Type: Article

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