Kin structure and genotype-dependent mortality: A study using the neotropical tree Caryocar brasiliense

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 757-763

  Collevatti, Rosane G ^a   Hay, John D ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Caryocaraceae; Cerrado; Ecological genetics and ecogenomics; Kinship; Lefkovitch transition matrix; Population dynamics; Population genetic structure; Spatial cluster analysis

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CERRADO; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DICOTYLEDON; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENOMICS; INBREEDING; KINSHIP; MORALITY; POPULATION GROWTH; PROBABILITY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS);

CARYOCAR BRASILIENSE; CARYOCARACEAE;

EID: 79954510344     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2011.01796.x     Document Type: Article

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