What the reasons for no inbreeding and high genetic diversity of the neotropical fig tree Ficus arpazusa?

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1789-1793

  Nazareno, Alison Gonçalves ^a   de Carvalho, Dulcinéia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF LAVRAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Conservation genetics; Fragmented landscape; Gene flow; Keystone plant resource; Mating system; Stepping stone

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION GENETICS; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FRAGMENTATION; GENETIC VARIATION; INBREEDING; KEYSTONE SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; POLLEN; RAINFOREST; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; REVEGETATION; TREE; TROPICAL REGION;

ATLANTIC FOREST; SOUTH AMERICA;

FICUS (ANGIOSPERM); PEGOSCAPUS;

EID: 71449099132     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-008-9776-x     Document Type: Article

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