Extinction of mammalian populations in conservation units of the Brazilian Cerrado by inbreeding depression in stochastic environments

Genetics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 800-803

  da Silva, Marcel Müller Fernandes ^a   Diniz Filho, José Alexandre Felizola ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cerrado; Conservation units; Mammals; Population persistence; Population viability analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOME; BRAZIL; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INBREEDING DEPRESSION; MAMMALIAN GENETICS; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GENETIC STRUCTURE; POPULATION SIZE; SCRUB; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 55349099464     PISSN: 14154757     EISSN: 16784685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1415-47572008000400030     Document Type: Article

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