Winner of a 2009 Outstanding Academic Title (OAT) award Trees continue to maintain a
unique significance in the social, ecological and economic systems of the world-as large …

This book is intended to provide information on fundamental genetic processes in tropical
forests. It is based on lecture notes by the authors prepared for postgraduate students …

In the last three decades, Amazon tropical forests have experienced high rates of
deforestation, both by clearing for agriculture and by logging. In this study, we use computer …

The issues of biological and genetic diversity management in agroforestry are extremely
complex. This paper focuses on genetic diversity management and its implications for …

What's in a word? The term" biodiversity"-a jargon contraction of" biological diversity"-has
been particularly contentious or misunderstood, giving rise to conflict and confusion at high …

Forty-one endemic conifer species occur on New Caledonia's ultramafic substrates (known
locally as “terrains miniers”), the source of nickel ore deposits being exploited at a rapidly …

Summary 1 Habitat fragmentation can alter the relative frequency of cross‐compatible
species within an area, which can affect the levels of interspecific hybrid production and …

Small populations are prone to genetic drift as a consequence of random sampling effects.
We investigated whether we could detect such random sampling effects in the English yew …

Santalum album L. is an economically important tropical tree species. Owing to extensive
logging, changes in land-use patterns and poor natural regeneration, the natural sandal …

Forest fragmentation can have severe genetic impacts that threaten the long-term viability of
tree species, though susceptibility varies by species. This study investigates the genetic …