Human influence lowers plant genetic diversity in communities with extinction debt

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1329-1336

  Helm, Aveliina ^a   Oja, Tatjana ^a   Saar, Liina ^a   Takkis, Krista ^a   Talve, Tiina ^a   Pärtel, Meelis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

AIC; Area loss; Connectivity; Extinction debt; Fragmentation; Genetic diversity; Grassland; Human influence; Human population density; Landscape genetics

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONNECTIVITY; CONSERVATION GENETICS; EXTINCTION; GENETIC VARIATION; GRASS; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; PLANT COMMUNITY; POPULATION DENSITY; SPECIALIST; SPECIES RICHNESS;

BRIZA MEDIA;

EID: 70349907311     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2009.01572.x     Document Type: Article

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