Integrating demographic and genetic approaches in plant conservation

Biological Conservation

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 389-398

  Oostermeijer, J G B ^a   Luijten, S H ^a   Den Nijs, J C M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Allee effect; Environmental stochasticity; Fitness; Habitat fragmentation; Population size; Population viability

Indexed keywords

ALLEE EFFECT; CONSERVATION GENETICS; FITNESS; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; MINIMUM VIABLE POPULATION; PLANT; POPULATION SIZE;

NETHERLANDS;

LACUNA;

EID: 0043165153     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(03)00127-7     Document Type: Article

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