Dissecting Tropical Plant Diversity with Forest Plots and a Molecular Toolkit

dc.contributor.authorDick, Christopher W.
dc.contributor.authorKress, W. John
dc.date.accessioned2011-02-09T20:02:37Z
dc.date.available2011-02-09T20:02:37Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.description.abstractTropical rainforests are the most biologically diverse of terrestrial bionics. Despite the ecological importance and economic potential of tropical trees, a large fraction of tropical forest tree species lack scientific names, and hundreds of woody plant species in the most intensively studied forest plots remain unidentified. DNA diagnostic tools, including plastid "DNA barcodes" and nuiltilocus genomic markers, can be applied to tropical forest dynamics plots to facilitate taxonomic discovery, Such genetic surveys, as outlined in this article, require expanded herbarium infrastructure and linkages infield ecology, population genetics, and bioinformatics. The fusion of traditional' botany and molecular methods will provide baseline data for understanding both the origin and maintenance of tropical plant diversity.
dc.format.extent745–755
dc.identifier0006-3568
dc.identifier.citationDick, Christopher W. and Kress, W. John. 2009. "<a href="https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/11858">Dissecting Tropical Plant Diversity with Forest Plots and a Molecular Toolkit</a>." <em>Bioscience</em>, 59, (9) 745–755. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1525/bio.2009.59.9.6">https://doi.org/10.1525/bio.2009.59.9.6</a>.
dc.identifier.issn0006-3568
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10088/11858
dc.publisherAmer Inst Biological Sci
dc.relation.ispartofBioscience 59 (9)
dc.titleDissecting Tropical Plant Diversity with Forest Plots and a Molecular Toolkit
dc.typearticle
sro.description.unitSTRI
sro.description.unitNMNH
sro.description.unitNH-Botany
sro.identifier.doi10.1525/bio.2009.59.9.6
sro.identifier.itemID80516
sro.identifier.refworksID7353
sro.identifier.urlhttps://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/11858
sro.publicationPlaceWashington; 1444 Eye ST, NW, STE 200, Washington, DC 20005 USA

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