Limits to evolution at range margins: when and why does adaptation fail?

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 140-147

  Bridle, Jon R ^a,b   Vines, Timothy H ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDGE EFFECT; GENETIC VARIATION; HOME RANGE; LOCAL ADAPTATION; PARAPATRY; POPULATION ECOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION;

ADAPTATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHY; MIGRATION; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GENETICS; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WETLAND;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DEMOGRAPHY; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; EVOLUTION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VARIATION (GENETICS); WETLANDS;

EID: 33847050220     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2006.11.002     Document Type: Review

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