Marked point pattern analysis on genetic paternity data for uncertainty assessment of pollen dispersal kernels

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 264-276

  Niggemann, Marc ^a   Wiegand, Thorsten ^b   Robledo Arnuncio, Juan J ^c   Bialozyt, Ronald ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^c Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Dispersal kernel; Gene flow; Mark correlation function; Paternity analysis; Plant; Point pattern analysis; Populus nigra; Spatial statistics

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS TREE; DISPERSAL; GENE FLOW; MARKOV CHAIN; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; PATERNITY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

GERMANY;

EID: 83455210939     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2011.01854.x     Document Type: Article

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