Genetic and demographic consequences of importing animals into a small population: A simulation model of the Texas State Bison Herd (USA)

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 181, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 263-276

  Halbert, Natalie D ^a   Grant, William E ^b   Derr, James N ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bison; Genetic diversity; Individual based model; Population dynamics; Population viability

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC CONSEQUENCES; TEXAS STATE BISON HERD (TSBH); VORTEX PROGRAM;

ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY; RANDOM PROCESSES;

BIODIVERSITY;

GENETIC VARIATION; MORTALITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION MODELING; POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL; UNGULATE;

ANIMALIA; BISON; BISON BISON; BUBALUS;

EID: 7444237756     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2004.02.022     Document Type: Article

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