Effects of habitat fragmentation on effective population size in the endangered Rio Grande silvery minnow

Conservation Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1138-1148

  Alò, Dominique ^a   Turner, Thomas F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Downstream transport; Genetic diversity; Hybognathus amarus; River fragmentation

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED SPECIES; FISH; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; POPULATION SIZE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

HYBOGNATHUS AMARUS;

EID: 27944469437     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2005.00081.x     Document Type: Article

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