Contemporary pollen flow, mating patterns and effective population size inferred from paternity analysis in a small fragmented population of the Neotropical tree Copaifera langsdorffii Desf. (Leguminosae-Caesalpinioideae)

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 613-623

  Manoel, Ricardo O ^a   Alves, Patrícia F ^a   Dourado, Cecília L ^a   Gaino, Ana P S C ^a   Freitas, Miguel L M ^b   Moraes, Mário L T ^a   Sebbenn, Alexandre M ^b,c  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b Instituto Florestal de Sao Paulo   (Brazil)

^c Instituto Florestal de Sao Paulo   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Gene flow; Mating system; Microsatellite loci; Pollen dispersal; Tropical trees

Indexed keywords

ANCESTRY; CONNECTIVITY; CONSERVATION GENETICS; DISPERSAL; EFFECTIVE POPULATION SIZE; GENETIC MARKER; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LEGUME; PATERNITY; POLLEN RAIN; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TROPICAL FOREST;

CAESALPINIOIDEAE; COPAIFERA LANGSDORFFII; FABACEAE; HEXAPODA;

EID: 84860479732     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-011-0311-0     Document Type: Article

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