Does long-distance pollen dispersal preclude inbreeding in tropical trees? Fragmentation genetics of Dysoxylum malabaricum in an agro-forest landscape

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 22, 2012, Pages 5484-5496

  Ismail, S A ^a   Ghazoul, J ^a   Ravikanth, G ^b   Uma Shaanker, R ^c   Kushalappa, C G ^c   Kettle, C J ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b ASHOKA TRUST FOR RESEARCH IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

gene flow; microsatellites; spatial genetic structure; tropical forest restoration; Western Ghats

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA; PLANT DNA;

ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GENE FLOW; GENETICS; INBREEDING; INDIA; MELIACEAE; POLLEN; POLLINATION; POPULATION GENETICS; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DNA, PLANT; ECOSYSTEM; GENE FLOW; GENETICS, POPULATION; INBREEDING; INDIA; MELIACEAE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POLLEN; POLLINATION; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

DYSOXYLUM MALABARICUM; MELIACEAE;

EID: 84868211033     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.12054     Document Type: Article

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