Effects of habitat fragmentation on pollen flow and genetic diversity of the endangered tropical tree Swietenia humilis (Meliaceae)

Biological Conservation

Volumn 144, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3082-3088

  Rosas, Fernando ^a   Quesada, Mauricio ^a   Lobo, Jorge A ^c   Sork, Victoria L ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ECOSISTEMAS Y SUSTENTABILIDAD   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Microsatellites; Neotropical trees; Pollen sources; Tropical dry forest

Indexed keywords

DICOTYLEDON; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GENE FLOW; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; INSECT; NEOTROPICAL REGION; OUTCROSSING; POLLEN; POLLINATION; POPULATION SIZE; TROPICAL FOREST; TROPICAL REGION;

HEXAPODA; MELIACEAE; SWIETENIA HUMILIS;

EID: 83555174884     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2011.10.003     Document Type: Article

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