Genetic estimates of contemporary effective population size: What can they tell us about the importance of genetic stochasticity for wild population persistence?

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 3428-3447

  Palstra, Friso P ^a   Ruzzante, Daniel E ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Effective population size; Gene flow; Genetic compensation; Genetic stochasticity; Inbreeding depression; Marine fish; Metapopulation dynamics; Model bias; Population fragmentation; Salmo salar; Sample size; Temporal method

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENE FLOW; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GENETICS; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; GENE FLOW; GENETICS, POPULATION; MODELS, GENETIC; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

SALMO SALAR;

EID: 47649115949     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2008.03842.x     Document Type: Review

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