Habitat fragmentation and the genetic structure of the Amazonian palm Mauritia flexuosa L.f. (Arecaceae) on the island of Trinidad

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 355-362

  Federman, Sarah ^a   Hyseni, Chaz ^a   Clement, Wendy ^a,c   Oatham, Michael P ^b   Caccone, Adalgisa ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^c The College of New Jersey   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Disturbance; Gene flow; Mauritia flexuosa; Trinidad

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DICOTYLEDON; GENE FLOW; GENETIC STRUCTURE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LAND USE CHANGE; NEAREST NEIGHBOR ANALYSIS; POLLINATION; SEED DISPERSAL; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

TRINDADE;

EID: 84896356184     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-013-0543-2     Document Type: Article

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