Genetic structure and demographic history of the endangered tree species Dysoxylum malabaricum (Meliaceae) in Western Ghats, India: Implications for conservation in a biodiversity hotspot

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 3, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 3233-3248

  Bodare, Sofia ^a   Tsuda, Yoshiaki ^a   Ravikanth, Gudasalamani ^b,c   Shaanker, Ramanan Uma ^b,c   Lascoux, Martin ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Conservation genetics; Dysoxylum malabaricum; Population demography; Simple sequence repeats; Western Ghats

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887698509     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.669     Document Type: Article

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