Negative environmental perturbations may improve species persistence

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 273, Issue 1600, 2006, Pages 2501-2506

  Robert, Alexandre ^a  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Deleterious mutations; Environmental perturbations; Extinction; Inbreeding; Population viability analysis

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EXTINCTION RISK; INBREEDING; MUTATION; PERSISTENCE; PERTURBATION; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS; STOCHASTICITY; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ARTICLE; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MALE; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES EXTINCTION; STRESS;

EID: 33748962361     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2006.3601     Document Type: Article

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