Tropical Forest Genetics

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XII

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2. Genetic Processes in Tropical Forests

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 3-3

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   2. Introduction – Genetics of Tropical Forests

      Pages 1-2

   3. Population Genetics – an Overview

      Pages 5-22

   4. Genetic Variation of Tropical Forest Plants

      Pages 23-39

   5. Sexual and Asexual Reproduction in Tropical Forests

      Pages 41-52

   6. Gene Flow and Migration

      Pages 53-68

   7. Mating Systems

      Pages 69-85

   8. Adaptation and Coevolution

      Pages 87-97

   9. Phylogenies and Evolution Above the Species Level

      Pages 99-107

3. Applications of Genetics to Tropical Forestry

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 110-110

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   2. Fragmentation of Forests

      Pages 111-127

   3. Genetic Aspects of the Management of Natural Tropical Forests

      Pages 129-146

   4. Provenance Research

      Pages 147-172

   5. Domestication and Breeding of Tropical Forest Trees

      Pages 173-211

   6. Genetic Aspects of Plantation Forestry in the Tropics

      Pages 213-235

   7. Conservation of Genetic Resources in Tropical Forest Trees

      Pages 237-265

4. Back Matter

   Pages 267-315

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This book is intended to provide information on fundamental genetic processes in tropical forests. It is based on lecture notes by the authors prepared for po- graduate students, mainly from tropical countries, of the M.Sc. course “Tropical and International Forestry”at the Faculty of Forest Sciences and Forest Ecology, Georg August University Göttingen, Germany. The intended readership is s- dents, researchers and practitioners interested in the genetic variation of species, in particular forest trees, living in complex forest ecosystems in the tropics. Particular emphasis is placed on the human impact on forest genetic resources in the tropics. Readers should be familiar with basics of classical and molecular genetics such as the structure and function of DNA (double-helix structure, repli- tion), polypeptide synthesis (transcription and translation), and the transm- sion of genetic information during sexual reproduction (“Mendel’s rules”). This knowledge is easily available from recently published genetics textbooks; we recommend the book by Griffiths et al. (2000). The development of biochemical and molecular marker techniques and their application to species of tropical forests have greatly improved our kno- edge of genetic variation patterns of “wild”plants in the tropics during the last two decades. Many examples in this book are based on gene marker techniques.

• Coevolution
• Evolution
• Forstpflanzenzüchtung
• Plantation
• conservation of biodiversity
• ecology
• forest
• forest trees
• genetic resources, plant
• genetic variation
• genetische Ressourcen, Pflanzen
• genetische Variation
• plantation forestry
• tree improvement
• tropische Wälder
• Tree Biology
• Wood Science and Technology

• Institute of Forest Genetics and Forest Tree Breeding, Germany

  Reiner Finkeldey, Hans H. Hattemer

R. Finkeldey: Chair of Forest Genetics and Forest Tree Breeding, Göttingen University, Germany. Long-term assignment in research and development projects in Southeast-Asia related to the conservation and sustainable utilization of forest genetic resources. Numerous research projects on genetic diversity and the evolutionary dynamics of tropical forest tree species worldwide. Interests in molecular population genetics, ecological genetics and genomics of forest trees, and human impact on forest genetic resources.

Hans H. Hattemer: Formerly in charge of Chair of Forest Genetics and Forest Tree Breeding, University of Göttingen. After long-term activity in tree breeding change to forest biometry, later forest genetics at this university. One-year research appointments in the United States of America and Sweden. Numerous research projects on the reproductive systems of tree populations in various countries. Interest in plant population genetics, ecological genetics, and the genetics of human impacts on biological populations and their genetic resources.

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