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The Journal of Heredity 2001:92(5)
© 2001 The American Genetic Association 92:415-420

Breeding Population Size of a Fragmented Population of a Costa Rican Dry Forest Tree Species

V. J. Apsit, J. L. Hamrick, and J. D. Nason

From the Department of Botany, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602 (Apsit), Departments of Botany and Genetics, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602 (Hamrick), and Department of Botany, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011 (Nason).

Address correspondence to J. L. Hamrick, Department of Botany, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, or e-mail: hamrick{at}dogwood.botany.uga.edu.

Pollen immigration can offset the effects of genetic drift and inbreeding in small populations. To understand the genetic consequences of forest fragmentation, estimates of pollen flow into remnant fragments are essential. Such estimates are straightforward for plants with singly sired, multiseeded fruits, since the pollen donor genotype for each fruit can be unambiguously reconstructed through full-sib genealogical analyses. Allozyme analyses were used to estimate pollen donor numbers from the progeny of fruits of the tropical dry forest tree Enterolobium cyclocarpum in a small (9.8 ha) fragmented population (N = 11) over three reproductive seasons (1994, 1995, and 1996). These analyses indicate that each tree receives pollen from many pollen donors. When data are pooled for the site, estimated maximum pollen donor pool sizes in all years exceed the number of individuals (56) in the 227 ha study area. Although unidentified pollen donors may be located as close as 250 m to the study trees, the number of unidentified pollen donors indicates that individuals in this forest fragment are part of a large network of reproductively active individuals.


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