The importance of environmental heterogeneity and spatial distance in generating phylogeographic structure in edaphic specialist and generalist tree species of Protium (Burseraceae) across the Amazon Basin

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 646-661

  Fine, Paul V A ^a   Zapata, Felipe ^a   Daly, Douglas C ^b   Mesones, Italo ^a   Misiewicz, Tracy M ^a   Cooper, Hillary F ^a,c   Barbosa, C E A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

^c NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

AMOVA; Edaphic gradients; Habitat specialization; SAMOVA; South America; Trees; Tropical rain forest; White sand

Indexed keywords

DICOTYLEDON; GENERALIST; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HETEROGENEITY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; RAINFOREST; SAND; SOIL TYPE; SPECIALIST; SPECIALIZATION;

AMAZON BASIN; AMAZONAS [BRAZIL]; BRAZIL; FRENCH GUIANA; GUYANA; PERU;

BURSERACEAE; PROTIUM; PROTIUM SUBSERRATUM;

EID: 84875081679     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2011.02645.x     Document Type: Article

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