Bottlenecks in large populations: The effect of immigration on population viability

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 213-231

  Robert, Alexandre ^a   Couvet, Denis ^b   Sarrazin, François ^a  

^a UPMC University Paris 06   (France)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Environmental perturbation; Genetic load; Inbreeding depression; Population viability analysis

Indexed keywords

IMMIGRATION; POPULATION BOTTLENECK; POPULATION GENETICS; VIABILITY;

EID: 0141563675     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025563107092     Document Type: Article

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