Eco-evolutionary conservation biology: Contemporary evolution and the dynamics of persistence

Functional Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 444-454

  Kinnison, Michael T ^a   Hairston Jr , Nelson G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Extinction; Invasion; Metapopulation; Rapid evolution; Regulation

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COLONIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; GENE FLOW; METAPOPULATION; PERSISTENCE; POPULATION GROWTH;

EID: 34249014607     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2007.01278.x     Document Type: Article

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