A conceptual model linking demography and population genetics of freshwater mussels

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 395-408

  Berg, David J ^a   Levine, Todd D ^a   Stoeckel, James A ^a,c   Lang, Brian K ^b  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF GAME AND FISH   (United States)

^c AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetic variation; Population viability analysis; PVA; Survivorship; Unionidae; Unionoidea

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIVALVE; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; EXTINCTION RISK; GENETIC VARIATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION MODELING; POPULATION SIZE; POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SURVIVORSHIP; TESTING METHOD;

UNIONIDAE; UNIONOIDEA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 47049114082     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/07-091.1     Document Type: Review

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