Patterns of genetic variation in anthropogenically impacted populations

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 141-156

  DiBattista, Joseph D ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conservation genetics; Genetic variation; Heterozygosity; Human disturbance; Mean number of alleles per locus

Indexed keywords

ALLOZYME; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CONSERVATION GENETICS; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HETEROZYGOSITY; WILD POPULATION;

EID: 38049019075     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-007-9317-z     Document Type: Article

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