Conservation genetics in a globally changing environment: Present problems, paradoxes and future challenges

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 16, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 4147-4163

  Pertoldi, Cino ^a,b   Bijlsma, R ^c   Loeschcke, Volker ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b Environmental Research Institute   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adaptive variation; Biodiversity; Conservation genetics; Genetic markers; Genetic structure; Global change; Inbreeding depression; Neutral vs selective variation; Outbreeding depression

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; CONSERVATION GENETICS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GLOBAL CHANGE; INBREEDING DEPRESSION; POPULATION GENETICS; WILD POPULATION;

EID: 36148932981     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-007-9212-4     Document Type: Review

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