A novel application of the Trivers-Willard model to the problem of genetic rescue

Conservation Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 906-909

  Linklater, Wayne L ^a,b  

^a ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; CONSERVATION; CONSERVATION GENETICS; EVOLUTION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; TRANSLOCATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0038241773     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.2003.02142.x     Document Type: Article

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