Adaptive evolutionary conservation: Towards a unified concept for defining conservation units

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 2741-2752

  Fraser, Dylan J ^a   Bernatchez, Louis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptive divergence; Conservation; Conservation units; Evolutionarily significant units; Evolutionary processes; Species concepts

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EVOLUTION; FISH; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; MOTH; PHYLOGENY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION; FISHES; MOTHS; PHYLOGENY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0035544509     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.2001.t01-1-01411.x     Document Type: Review

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