The genetic implications of habitat fragmentation for animals

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 85, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1049-1064

  Keyghobadi, Nusha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

GENETIC IMPACTS; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; WILD POPULATIONS;

LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES;

ANIMAL COMMUNITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISPERSAL; GENETIC VARIATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; INBREEDING DEPRESSION; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; MUTATION; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 38349075375     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z07-095     Document Type: Review

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