Genetic vulnerability of a remnant ant population

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 427-435

  Mäki Petäys, Hannaleena ^a   Breen, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Diploid male production; Effective population size; Formica ants; Inbreeding depression; Sociality

Indexed keywords

ANT; GENETIC STRUCTURE; INBREEDING DEPRESSION; NATIVE SPECIES; POPULATION SIZE; SEX DETERMINATION; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; WESTERN EUROPE;

ANIMALIA; FORMICA; FORMICA LUGUBRIS; FORMICIDAE;

EID: 33847618824     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-006-9182-1     Document Type: Article

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