Tropical Forest Genetics

✍ Scribed by Professor Dr. Reiner Finkeldey, Professor Dr. Hans H. Hattemer (auth.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
• Year: 2007
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 317
• Series: Tropical Forestry
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Tropical forests harbour much of the planet’s genetic resources, and therefore their conservation and sustainable utilization are matters of global concern. Evolutionary processes in both untouched and managed forests are described, as is the role of genetics in plantation forestry and conservation. This book provides a solid scientific basis for researchers, practitioners and students interested in the application of genetic principles to tropical forest ecology and management. It presents a concise overview of genetic variation, evolutionary processes and the human impact on forest genetic resources in the tropics. As well, modern tools to assess genetic diversity patterns and the dynamics of genetic structures are introduced to the non-specialist reader.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages I-XII
Front Matter....Pages 3-3
Introduction – Genetics of Tropical Forests....Pages 1-2
Population Genetics – an Overview....Pages 5-22
Genetic Variation of Tropical Forest Plants....Pages 23-39
Sexual and Asexual Reproduction in Tropical Forests....Pages 41-52
Gene Flow and Migration....Pages 53-68
Mating Systems....Pages 69-85
Adaptation and Coevolution....Pages 87-97
Phylogenies and Evolution Above the Species Level....Pages 99-107
Front Matter....Pages 110-110
Fragmentation of Forests....Pages 111-127
Genetic Aspects of the Management of Natural Tropical Forests....Pages 129-146
Provenance Research....Pages 147-172
Domestication and Breeding of Tropical Forest Trees....Pages 173-211
Genetic Aspects of Plantation Forestry in the Tropics....Pages 213-235
Conservation of Genetic Resources in Tropical Forest Trees....Pages 237-265
Back Matter....Pages 267-315

✦ Subjects

Plant Genetics & Genomics; Forestry; Tree Biology; Wood Science & Technology