Experimental confirmation that inbreeding depression increases extinction risk in butterfly populations

American Naturalist

Volumn 157, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 237-244

  Nieminen, M ^a   Singer, M C ^a   Fortelius, W ^a   Schops K ^a   Hanski, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Extinction risk; Inbreeding depression; Melitaea cinxia; Metapopulation; Small populations

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035110810     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/318630     Document Type: Note

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