Application of the one-migrant-per-generation rule to conservation and management

Conservation Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 332-343

  Wang, Jinliang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Genetic differentiation; Genetic drift; Genetic variation; Inbreeding; Metapopulation migration

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED SPECIES; GENETIC VARIATION; INBREEDING; METAPOPULATION; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

EID: 1842815250     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2004.00440.x     Document Type: Article

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