Strong spatial genetic structure in five tropical piper species: Should the baker-fedorov hypothesis be revived for tropical shrubs?

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 502-516

  Lasso, E ^a,b   Dalling, J W ^a,c   Bermingham, E ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

AFLP; Barro colorado island; Clonal reproduction; Gene flow; Piperaceae

Indexed keywords

PIPERACEAE;

EID: 84887804355     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.40     Document Type: Article

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