Proximity is not a proxy for parentage in an animal-dispersed Neotropical canopy palm

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 276, Issue 1664, 2009, Pages 2037-2044

  Sezen, Uzay U ^a   Chazdon, Robin L ^b   Holsinger, Kent E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersal limitation; Iriartea deltoidea; Parentage; Second growth forests; Seedling recruitment; Seedling shadow

Indexed keywords

EVERGREEN TREE; GENETIC STRUCTURE; MONOCOTYLEDON; NEOTROPICAL REGION; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; PARENTAGE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SECONDARY FOREST; SEEDLING; ZOOCHORY;

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ARECACEAE; ARTICLE; CANOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM REGENERATION; FOREST; GENETIC VARIABILITY; IRIARTEA DELTOIDEA; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEED DISPERSAL; SEEDLING;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA; LA SELVA BIOLOGICAL STATION; LIMON;

ANIMALIA; IRIARTEA DELTOIDEA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 66149186993     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2008.1793     Document Type: Article

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