Metapopulation persistence in fragmented landscapes: Significant interactions between genetic and demographic processes

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 152-162

  Theodorou, K ^a   Souan, H ^b   Couvet, D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

^b MEEDAT ^*  (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Conservation; Deleterious mutation; Dispersal; Disturbance; Extinction; Matrix; Metapopulation

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; EXTINCTION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; INBREEDING; METAPOPULATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PATCH SIZE; PERSISTENCE; POPULATION DECLINE; SURVIVAL; SYNERGISM;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION MIGRATION;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS, POPULATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 58149185460     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2008.01634.x     Document Type: Article

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