Landscape genetics of a tropical rescue pollinator

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 267-278

  Jaffé, Rodolfo ^a,b   Castilla, Antonio ^c   Pope, Nathaniel ^c   Imperatriz Fonseca, Vera Lucia ^a,b   Metzger, Jean Paul ^a   Arias, Maria Cristina ^a   Jha, Shalene ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO VALE   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural landscapes; Gene flow; Landscape resistance; Pollination services; Stingless bees; Tropical forest cover

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BEE; COFFEE; FOREST COVER; GENE FLOW; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENETICS; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; POLLINATION; POLLINATOR; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RANGE EXPANSION; TROPICAL FOREST;

ATLANTIC FOREST; BRAZIL;

APIDAE; APOIDEA; MELIPONINAE; TRIGONA SPINIPES;

EID: 84961164163     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-015-0779-0     Document Type: Article

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