Susceptibility of common and rare plant species to the genetic consequences of habitat fragmentation

Conservation Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 823-831

  Honnay, Olivier ^a   Jacquemyn, Hans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Genetic diversity; Habitat fragmentation; Inbreeding; Mating system; Population size

Indexed keywords

GENETIC VARIATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; META-ANALYSIS; POPULATION ESTIMATION; POPULATION SIZE; RARE SPECIES;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; META ANALYSIS; PLANT; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTION;

ALLELES; ECOSYSTEM; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PLANTS; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTION; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 34249101543     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2006.00646.x     Document Type: Article

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