Demographic and genetic connectivity: the role and consequences of reproduction, dispersal and recruitment in seagrasses

GA Kendrick, RJ Orth, J Statton, R Hovey… - Biological …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Accurate estimation of connectivity among populations is fundamental for determining the
drivers of population resilience, genetic diversity, adaptation and speciation. However the …

Guidelines for genetic monitoring of translocated plant populations

F Van Rossum, OJ Hardy - Conservation Biology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Plant translocation is a useful tool for implementing assisted gene flow in recovery plans of
critically endangered plant species. Although it helps to restore genetically viable …

Fragmented but not isolated: contribution of single trees, small patches and long-distance pollen flow to genetic connectivity for Gomortega keule, an endangered …

TA Lander, DH Boshier, SA Harris - Biological Conservation, 2010 - Elsevier
Habitat fragmentation is a major threat to species survival worldwide due to genetic
isolation, inbreeding depression, genetic drift and loss of adaptive potential. However the …

Gene flow and natural selection shape spatial patterns of genes in tree populations: implications for evolutionary processes and applications

VL Sork - Evolutionary applications, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
A central question in evolutionary biology is how gene flow and natural selection shape
geographic patterns of genotypic and phenotypic variation. My overall research program has …

Native bees mediate long-distance pollen dispersal in a shade coffee landscape mosaic

S Jha, CW Dick - Proceedings of the National Academy of …, 2010 - National Acad Sciences
Coffee farms are often embedded within a mosaic of agriculture and forest fragments in the
world's most biologically diverse tropical regions. Although shade coffee farms can …

Comparison of contemporary mating patterns in continuous and fragmented Eucalyptus globulus native forests

M Mimura, RC Barbour, BM Potts… - Molecular …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
While habitat fragmentation is a central issue in forest conservation studies in the face of
broad‐scale anthropogenic changes to the environment, its effects on contemporary mating …

Relative contribution of contemporary pollen and seed dispersal to the effective parental size of seedling population of California valley oak (Quercus lobata, Née)

D Grivet, JJ ROBLEDO‐ARNUNCIO… - Molecular …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
For plant populations, gene movement through pollen and seed dispersal governs the size
of local genetic neighbourhoods and shapes the opportunities for natural selection and …

Pollination effectiveness in a generalist plant: adding the genetic component

J Valverde, F Perfectti, JM Gómez - New Phytologist, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The pollination effectiveness of a flower visitor has traditionally been measured as the
product of a quantity component that depends on the frequency of interaction and a quality …

Relationships between population density, fine-scale genetic structure, mating system and pollen dispersal in a timber tree from African rainforests

J Duminil, K Daïnou, DK Kaviriri, P Gillet, J Loo… - Heredity, 2016 - nature.com
Owing to the reduction of population density and/or the environmental changes it induces,
selective logging could affect the demography, reproductive biology and evolutionary …

Extensive pollen flow in two ecologically contrasting populations of Populus trichocarpa

GT Slavov, S Leonardi, J Burczyk, WT Adams… - Molecular …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Pollen‐mediated gene flow was measured in two populations of black cottonwood using
direct (paternity analysis) and indirect (correlated paternity) methods. The Marchel site was …