Demographic factors and genetic variation influence population persistence under environmental change

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 124-133

  Willi, Yvonne ^a,b   Hoffmann, Ary A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Allee effects; Demographic heterogeneity; Demographic stochasticity; Extinction; Genetic variation; Growth rate; Population persistence; Population viability analysis; Selection; Small population; Stochastic simulation

Indexed keywords

ALLEE EFFECT; DEMOGRAPHY; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EXTINCTION; FLY; GENETIC VARIATION; GROWTH RATE; PERSISTENCE; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION MODELING; POPULATION SIZE; SELECTION; STOCHASTICITY;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEMOGRAPHY; DROSOPHILA; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES EXTINCTION;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEMOGRAPHY; DROSOPHILA; ENVIRONMENT; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

DROSOPHILA BIRCHII;

EID: 58149104327     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2008.01631.x     Document Type: Article

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