Trapped in the extinction vortex? Strong genetic effects in a declining vertebrate population

BMC Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Blomqvist, Donald ^a   Pauliny, Angela ^a   Larsson, Mikael ^b   Flodin, Lars Åke ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b NONE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED SPECIES; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; EXTINCTION RISK; FITNESS; GENETIC VARIATION; HATCHING; INBREEDING; METAPOPULATION; MORTALITY; POPULATION DECLINE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; WADER;

CALIDRIS ALPINA SCHINZII; VERTEBRATA;

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; DNA SEQUENCE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GENETIC FITNESS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; INBREEDING; PEDIGREE; POPULATION GENETICS;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GENETIC FITNESS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; INBREEDING; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PEDIGREE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 77149154358     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-10-33     Document Type: Article

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