Male fecundity and pollen dispersal in hill dipterocarps: Significance of mass synchronized flowering and implications for conservation

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 405-415

  Tani, Naoki ^a,b   Tsumura, Yoshihiko ^c   Fukasawa, Keita ^d   Kado, Tomoyuki ^e   Taguchi, Yuriko ^c   Lee, S L ^b   Lee, C T ^b   Muhammad, Norwati ^b   Niiyama, Kaoru ^c   Otani, Tatsuya ^c   Yagihashi, Tsutomu ^c   Ripin, Azizi ^f   Kassim, Abdul Rahman ^b  

^a JAPAN INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^e GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

^f Green Forest Resources   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Allee effect; Dispersal; General flowering; Male fecundity variation; Paternity analysis; Selective logging

Indexed keywords

ALLEE EFFECT; BREEDING POPULATION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DECIDUOUS TREE; FECUNDITY; FLOWERING; FOREST RESOURCE; FORESTRY PRACTICE; GENETIC VARIATION; PATERNITY; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; REGENERATION; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SELECTIVE LOGGING; SUSTAINABILITY;

SHOREA CURTISII;

EID: 84863178741     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2011.01929.x     Document Type: Article

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