A review of extinction in experimental populations

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1274-1287

  Griffen, Blaine D ^a   Drake, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Demographic stochasticity; Environmental stochasticity; Extinction; Genetic bottleneck; Population dynamics

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; EXTINCTION RISK; HUMAN ACTIVITY; ISOLATED POPULATION; LABORATORY METHOD; MIGRATION; POPULATION BOTTLENECK; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION THEORY; RESEARCH WORK; STOCHASTICITY; SUBPOPULATION;

ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; INSECT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REVIEW; SPECIES EXTINCTION;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; INSECTS; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 53949094528     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2008.01426.x     Document Type: Review

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