Preserving genes, species, or ecosystems? Healing the fractured foundations of conservation policy

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 8, Issue 12 SUPPL. 1, 1999, Pages

  Bowen, Brian W ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b PROVIDENCE COLLEGE   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Bioheritage; Conservation genetics; Temporal conservation

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC MARKER; PHYLOGENY; QUANTITATIVE GENETICS; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

EID: 0033398635     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294x.1999.00798.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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