Habitat fragmentation effects of fitness of plant populations - A review

Journal for Nature Conservation

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 53-72

  Lienert, Judit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Conservation biology; Fitness; Genetics; Isolation; Plant species; Small populations

Indexed keywords

FITNESS; FRAGMENTATION; GENETICS; ISOLATED POPULATION; NATURE CONSERVATION;

EID: 3342972075     PISSN: 16171381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnc.2003.07.002     Document Type: Article

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