Genetic threats to population persistence

Annales Zoologici Fennici

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 155-168

  Gaggiotti, Oscar E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTINCTION; METAPOPULATION; PERSISTENCE; POPULATION ECOLOGY; POPULATION GENETICS;

EID: 0038187590     PISSN: 0003455X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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