Population genetic aspects of pollinator decline

Ecology and Society

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2001, Pages

  Packer, Laurence ^a   Owen, Robin ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bumble bees; Effective population size; Gene flow; Haplodiploidy; Heterozygosity; Hymenoptera; Lepidoptera; Meta analysis; Pollinator decline; Population fragmentation; Population genetics

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548571476     PISSN: 17083087     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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