Extinction of island endemics: It is not inbreeding depression

Animal Conservation

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 145-146

  Reed, David H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

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EID: 34247882624     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: 14691795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1795.2007.00108.x     Document Type: Note

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