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Population genetics of the understory fishtail palm Chamaedorea ernesti-augusti in Belize: high genetic connectivity with local differentiation.
BMC genetics - 9 Oct 2009
Cibrián-Jaramillo Angélica, Bacon Christine D, Garwood Nancy C, Bateman Richard M, Thomas Meredith M, Russell Steve, Bailey C Donovan, Hahn William J, Bridgewater Samuel G M, DeSalle Rob
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BACKGROUND: Developing a greater understanding of population genetic structure in lowland tropical plant species is highly relevant to our knowledge of increasingly fragmented forests and to the conservation of threatened species. Specific studies are particularly needed for taxa whose population dynamics are further impacted by human harvesting practices. One such case is the fishtail or xaté palm (Chamaedorea...
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