Impact of insular landscape features on the population genetics of a threatened climbing palm, <i>Korthalsia rogersii</i> Becc.<i>,</i> endemic to the Andaman Islands.

ABSTRACT: Despite the critical structural and functional roles of palms in tropical forest ecosystems and their importance in the local economy and livelihood, palms face significant threats from habitat loss and economic exploitation. Many endemic palms on tropical islands warrant conservation strategies aimed at augmenting the existing gene pool to support effective management and long-term protection of genetic diversity. This study investigated the genetic diversity and structure of Korthalsia rogersii, a threatened climbing palm (rattan) endemic to the Andaman Islands in the Bay of Bengal, across seven known populations (including recently identified ones) using microsatellite markers. The aim was to formulate informed conservation strategies by understanding how the island landscape inf

SUBMITTER: Paremmal S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12614096 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature