Extinction of Populations Due to Inbreeding Depression with Demographic Disturbances

Researches on Population Ecology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 57-66

  Tanaka, Yoshinari ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Conservation biology; Deleterious mutation; Extinction; Genetic load; Inbreeding depression

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; EXTINCTION; INBREEDING DEPRESSION; POPULATION SIZE;

EID: 0031390633     PISSN: 00345466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02765250     Document Type: Article

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