In tropical trees, forest fragmentation has been shown to affect mating and gene flow patterns. Mobile dispersal vectors should be less sensitive to fragmented landscapes and may ameliorate the genetic effects of forest fragmentation on plant populations. To test this hypothesis, we analyzed gene flow patterns in Symphonia globulifera, a tropical tree species with highly mobile pollinators and seed dispersers in the Osa Peninsula in southern Costa Rica. We used microsatellites to study genetic diversity and realized gene flow patterns between a continuous forest and a forest fragment. We found high levels of genetic diversity in adults and seedlings at both sites. Parentage analyses suggest near-neighbor matings and frequent long-distance g...
Gene flow via seed and pollen is a primary determinant of genetic and species diversity in plant com...
Habitat destruction and the resultant fragmentation of the remaining forest are a common phenomenon ...
Tropical trees often display long distance pollen dispersal, even in highly fragmented landscapes. U...
Gene dispersal processes shape demographic and microevolutionary dynamics of tree species. Gene disp...
Tropical trees constitute an ecologically important functional group in terrestrial ecosystems becau...
Tropical trees constitute an ecologically important functional group in terrestrial ecosystems becau...
We analyzed the genetic structure of the tropical tree Dendropanax arboreus (Araliaceae) in relation...
Tropical trees are generally long-lived making it difficult to assess the long-term effects of habit...
The studies of gene dispersal allow to understand the biological processes underlying spatial geneti...
Cham. and Schlect., tropical live oak, is a species of conservation importance in its southern rang...
Fragmentation of tropical forests has changed continuous tropical landscapes into a network of poorl...
Tropical trees are particularly vulnerable to forest fragmentation because of their low densities, s...
Habitat loss and fragmentation often reduce gene flow and genetic diversity in plants by disrupting ...
AbstractDioecious tropical tree species often have small flowers and fleshy fruits indicative of sma...
Dioecious tropical tree species often have small flowers and fleshy fruits indicative of small-insec...
Gene flow via seed and pollen is a primary determinant of genetic and species diversity in plant com...
Habitat destruction and the resultant fragmentation of the remaining forest are a common phenomenon ...
Tropical trees often display long distance pollen dispersal, even in highly fragmented landscapes. U...
Gene dispersal processes shape demographic and microevolutionary dynamics of tree species. Gene disp...
Tropical trees constitute an ecologically important functional group in terrestrial ecosystems becau...
Tropical trees constitute an ecologically important functional group in terrestrial ecosystems becau...
We analyzed the genetic structure of the tropical tree Dendropanax arboreus (Araliaceae) in relation...
Tropical trees are generally long-lived making it difficult to assess the long-term effects of habit...
The studies of gene dispersal allow to understand the biological processes underlying spatial geneti...
Cham. and Schlect., tropical live oak, is a species of conservation importance in its southern rang...
Fragmentation of tropical forests has changed continuous tropical landscapes into a network of poorl...
Tropical trees are particularly vulnerable to forest fragmentation because of their low densities, s...
Habitat loss and fragmentation often reduce gene flow and genetic diversity in plants by disrupting ...
AbstractDioecious tropical tree species often have small flowers and fleshy fruits indicative of sma...
Dioecious tropical tree species often have small flowers and fleshy fruits indicative of small-insec...
Gene flow via seed and pollen is a primary determinant of genetic and species diversity in plant com...
Habitat destruction and the resultant fragmentation of the remaining forest are a common phenomenon ...
Tropical trees often display long distance pollen dispersal, even in highly fragmented landscapes. U...