Coalescent processes in subdivided populations subject to recurrent mass extinctions

Electronic Journal of Probability

Volumn 14, Issue , 2009, Pages 242-288

  Taylor, Jesse E ^a   Véber, Amandine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Univ des Sciences Paris Sud   (France)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Extinction recolonization; Genealogy; Metapopulation; Population genetics; Separation of time scales; coalescent

Indexed keywords

EID: 62649128435     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10836489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/EJP.v14-595     Document Type: Article

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