Conservation strategies: Adaption to stress and the preservation of genetic diversity

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 471-482

  Parsons, P A ^a,b,c  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

aridity; biodiversity; competition; energy cost; fitness; heterozygote advantage; metabolic potential; sexual selection

Indexed keywords

MARTES PENNANTI;

EID: 0029868740     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bijl.1996.0048     Document Type: Article

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