Genetic erosion, inbreeding and reduced fitness in fragmented populations of the endangered tetraploid pea Swainsona recta

Biological Conservation

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 177-186

  Buza, Lejla ^a   Young, Andrew ^b   Thrall, Peter ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Allozyme; Fitness; Fragmentation; Genetic erosion; Inbreeding

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION STATUS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FITNESS; GENETIC VARIATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; INBREEDING;

EID: 0034111669     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(99)00150-0     Document Type: Article

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