Translocations and rapid evolutionary responses in recently established populations of western mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis)

Animal Conservation

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 103-110

  Stockwell, Craig A ^a,d   Weeks, Stephen C ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMBUSIA AFFINIS;

EID: 0000237677     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1367943099000426     Document Type: Article

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