Utility of computer simulations in landscape genetics

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 3549-3564

  Epperson, Bryan K ^a   McRae, Brad H ^b   Scribner, Kim ^a   Cushman, Samuel A ^c   Rosenberg, Michael S ^d   Fortin, Marie Josée ^e   James, Patrick M A ^f   Murphy, Melanie ^g   Manel, Stéphanie ^h   Legendre, Pierre ⁱ   Dale, Mark R T ^j  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^c ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^d ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^g Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^h INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

ⁱ UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^j UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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Author keywords

individual based models; landscape ecology; population genetics; simulations; spatial statistics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; GENE FLOW; GENETIC SELECTION; GEOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION GENETICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNCERTAINTY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; GENE FLOW; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SELECTION, GENETIC; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 77952095479     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2010.04678.x     Document Type: Article

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