Effect of latitudinal gradient and impact of logging on genetic diversity of Cedrela lilloi along the Argentine Yungas Rainforest

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 2, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2722-2736

  Inza, Maria V ^a   Zelener, Noga ^a   Fornes, Luis ^a   Gallo, Leonardo A ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

^b Inst Nac de Tecnol Agropecuaria   (Argentina)

Author keywords

AFLP; Cedrela lilloi; Conservation genetics; Genetic variation; Latitude; Logging

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870806374     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.336     Document Type: Article

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