Geographical traceability of an important tropical timber (Neobalanocarpus heimii) inferred from chloroplast DNA

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 258, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1918-1923

  Tnah, Lee Hong ^a   Lee, Soon Leong ^a   Ng, Kevin K S ^a   Tani, Naoki ^b   Bhassu, Subha ^c   Othman, Rofina Yasmin ^c  

^a FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b JAPAN INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Chain of custody certification; Dipterocarpaceae; Forest certification; Illegal logging; Timber tracking

Indexed keywords

AUTHENTICITY TESTING; CHAIN OF CUSTODY CERTIFICATION; CHLOROPLAST DNA; DIPTEROCARPACEAE; FOREST CERTIFICATION; GEOGRAPHICAL TRACEABILITY; HAPLOTYPES; ILLEGAL LOGGING; MALAYSIA; MONITORING TOOLS; REGIONAL LEVELS; TROPICAL TIMBER;

CHLOROPHYLL; DATABASE SYSTEMS; DNA; GENES; NUCLEIC ACIDS; TIMBER;

LOGGING (FORESTRY);

CERTIFICATION; CHLOROPLAST; DATABASE; DICOTYLEDON; DNA; GENETIC MARKER; LOGGING (TIMBER); TIMBER;

CERTIFICATION; CHLOROPHYLLS; DATA BASES; FORESTS; GENES; LOGGING; NUCLEIC ACIDS; RIDGES;

DIPTEROCARPACEAE; NEOBALANOCARPUS HEIMII;

EID: 70349104163     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.07.029     Document Type: Article

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