Elevation, not deforestation, promotes genetic differentiation in a pioneer tropical tree

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2016, Pages

  Castilla, Antonio R ^a   Pope, Nathaniel ^a   Jaffé, Rodolfo ^b,c   Jha, Shalene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO VALE   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORESTATION; FOREST; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HUMAN; LANDSCAPE; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; MIGRATION; PANAMA; POPULATION MODEL; REFORESTATION; SPECIES; STATISTICAL MODEL; THEORETICAL MODEL; TOPOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GENE FLOW; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC VARIATION; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; GENE FLOW; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC VARIATION; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PANAMA; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 84976334798     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0156694     Document Type: Article

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