Forest trees in human modified landscapes: Ecological and genetic drivers of recruitment failure in Dysoxylum malabaricum (Meliaceae)

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Ismail, Sascha A ^a   Ghazoul, Jaboury ^a   Ravikanth, Gudasalamani ^b   Kushalappa, Cheppudira G ^c   Uma Shaanker, Ramanan ^b,c   Kettle, Chris J ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CANOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSOXYLUM MALABARICUM; ECOLOGICAL SPECIALIZATION; ECOLOGY; FOREST DYNAMICS; FOREST FRAGMENTATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HABITAT QUALITY; INBREEDING; LANDSCAPE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; MELIACEAE; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; NONHUMAN; PLANT BREEDING; SEEDLING; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; TREE;

BREEDING; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FORESTRY; INBREEDING; INDIA; MELIACEAE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 84895886104     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0089437     Document Type: Article

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