Shifts in reproductive assurance strategies and inbreeding costs associated with habitat fragmentation in Central American mahogany

Ecology Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 444-452

  Breed, Martin F ^a   Gardner, Michael G ^a,b   Ottewell, Kym M ^a,c   Navarro, Carlos M ^d   Lowe, Andrew J ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Tulane University   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL   (Costa Rica)

^e State Herbarium of South Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

Common garden experiment; Global change; Habitat fragmentation; Inbreeding depression; Logging; Mating system

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

DECIDUOUS TREE; DISTURBANCE; FITNESS; GLOBAL CHANGE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; INSECT; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; MATING DISRUPTION; POLLINATION; PROVENANCE; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SUSTAINABILITY;

ARTICLE; CENTRAL AMERICA; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HETEROZYGOTE; INBREEDING; PHYSIOLOGY; ROSACEAE;

CENTRAL AMERICA; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC VARIATION; HETEROZYGOTE; INBREEDING; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; ROSACEAE;

CENTRAL AMERICA;

HEXAPODA; SWIETENIA; SWIETENIA MACROPHYLLA;

EID: 84859430529     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2012.01752.x     Document Type: Article

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