Ecological effects on estimates of effective population size in an annual plant

Biological Conservation

Volumn 143, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 946-951

  Espeland, E K ^a   Rice, K J ^b  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Abiotic stress; Competition; Conservation genetics; Effective population size; Genetic drift; Local adaptation; Plantago erecta; Serpentine

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; ANNUAL PLANT; BIOINDICATOR; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); CONSERVATION GENETICS; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GENETIC DRIFT; GROWTH RATE; HERB; MORTALITY; POPULATION SIZE; SERPENTINE; STOCHASTICITY; SURVIVORSHIP; VULNERABILITY;

PLANTAGO; PLANTAGO ERECTA;

EID: 77949269510     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2010.01.003     Document Type: Article

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