Genetic analysis provides a robust method for understanding the ways in which human
interventions in ecosystems may affect genetic diversity and species survival, providing an …

Plant biodiversity in the tropics is threatened by intense anthropogenic pressures.
Deforestation, habitat degradation, habitat fragmentation, overexploitation, invasive species …

Asian tropical forests are amongst the most diverse on the planet, a richness that belies the
fact that they are dominated by a single family of trees, the Dipterocarpaceae. Many other …

Habitat loss and fragmentation often reduce gene flow and genetic diversity in plants by
disrupting the movement of pollen and seed. However, direct comparisons of the …

Selfing or mating between related individuals in self-compatible hermaphroditic tree species
may lead to inbreeding depression (ID) due to homozygosis in recessive, identical by …

Community and ecosystem ecology are paying increasing attention to evolutionary
dynamics, offering a means of attaining a more comprehensive understanding of ecological …

Describing genetic diversity in wild barley (Hordeum vulgare ssp. spontaneum) in
geographic and environmental space in the context of current, past and potential future …

Abstract Background and Aims Dispersal is crucial due to its direct impact on dynamics of a
species' distribution as well as having a role in sha** adaptive potential through gene …

Despite the importance of seed dispersal for survival of plant species in fragmented
landscapes, data on seed dispersal at landscape scales remain sparse. Effective seed …

Trees compared to other organisms have a very high level of genetic diversity (Hamrick and
Godt 1990). As sessile long-living plants, they need this high level of genetic variation for …