Conservation corridors affect the fixation of novel alleles

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 623-630

  Orrock, John L ^a,b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation; Fixation; Mutation; Population rescue; Viability

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIVITY; CONSERVATION GENETICS; GENE FLOW; HABITAT CORRIDOR; MUTATION; VIABILITY;

EID: 30144444774     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-005-9016-6     Document Type: Article

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