Plant Ontogeny, Spatial Distance, and Soil Type Influence Patterns of Relatedness in a Common Amazonian Tree

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Barbosa, Carlos Eduardo A ^a   Misiewicz, Tracy M ^b   Fine, Paul V A ^b   Costa, Flávia R C ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; BURSERACEAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENOTYPE; HABITAT STRUCTURE; LANDSCAPE; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; POPULATION GENETIC STRUCTURE; PROTIUM SUBSERRATUM; SEEDLING; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL TEXTURE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; UPREGULATION;

BURSERACEAE; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; SEEDLING; SOIL; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84877121585     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0062639     Document Type: Article

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