Article
Restoration of genetic diversity in the dry forest tree Swietenia macrophylla (Meliaceae) after pasture abandonment in Costa Rica.
Molecular ecology - 1 Dec 2003
Céspedes M, Gutierrez M V, Holbrook N M, J Rocha O
Abstract excerpt
We studied the levels of genetic diversity of Swietenia macrophylla (big leaf mahogany) in five successional plots in the Santa Rosa National Park, Guanacaste, Costa Rica. We selected sites with different lengths of time since the last major disturbance (typically fire): 6, 9, 15 and 20 years. In addition, we also included a patch of mature forest that had experienced selective logging and other human activity in...
Topics
- Cluster Analysis
- Conservation of Natural Resources
- Costa Rica
- Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel
- Gene Frequency
- Genetic Variation
- Genetics, Population
- Meliaceae
- Microsatellite Repeats
- Time Factors