Demographic stability metrics for conservation prioritization of isolated populations

Conservation Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1185-1194

  Finn, Debra S ^a,b   Bogan, Michael T ^a   Lytle, David A ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Abedus herberti; Climate change; Demographic stability; Evolutionary process; Habitat stability; Headwater streams; Isolation; Population genetics

Indexed keywords

NUCLEOTIDE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DEMOGRAPHY; GLOBAL CHANGE; HABITAT QUALITY; HEADWATER; ISOLATED POPULATION; NATURE CONSERVATION; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITIZATION; RECOLONIZATION; STREAM;

ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GENETICS;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DEMOGRAPHY; NUCLEOTIDES;

ABEDUS HERBERTI; HEXAPODA;

EID: 70349202244     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2009.01226.x     Document Type: Article

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