Inbreeding depression and genetic rescue in a plant metapopulation

American Naturalist

Volumn 155, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 383-394

  Richards, Christopher M ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene flow; Inbreeding depression; Metapopulations; Population structure

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIVITY; GENE FLOW; INBREEDING DEPRESSION; METAPOPULATION; PERSISTENCE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

SILENE ALBA;

EID: 0033994303     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/303324     Document Type: Article

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