- Title
- Conservation implications of fine scale population genetic structure of Ficus species in South African forests:
- Creator
- Deng, Jun-Yin, van Noort, Simon, Compton, Stephen G, Chen, Yan, Greeff, Jaco M
- Date
- 2020
- Type
- text
- Type
- article
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/163838
- Identifier
- vital:41074
- Identifier
- ttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2020.118387
- Description
- Genetic considerations are rarely applied in forest conservation management strategies, but forest fragmentation can reduce pollen and seed dispersal both between and within isolated fragments. Gene flow and immigration rates determine the extent to which individual plants are related to each other at different distances from themselves. This gradation in relatedness is known as a population's fine scale spatial genetic structure (SGS). Specifically, reduced but clumped immigration from distant fragments reduces fine scale SGS, whereas reduced gene flow within fragments increases fine scale SGS. In addition, non-random mortality caused by post-dispersal ecological processes can also affect SGS. We studied the effects of fragmentation on the fine scale SGS of Ficus species with different habitat preferences and distributional ranges in an archipelago of South African forest patches.
- Format
- 10 pages, pdf
- Language
- English
- Relation
- Forest Ecology and Management, Deng, J.Y., van Noort, S., Compton, S.G., Chen, Y. and Greeff, J.M., 2020. Conservation implications of fine scale population genetic structure of Ficus species in South African forests. Forest Ecology and Management, 474, p.118387, Forest Ecology and Management volume 474 number 1 9 2020 0378-1127
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Compton, Stephen G (Prof)
SDG 15. Life On Land
RU Department of Zoology and Entomology
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