Evolutionary ecology at the extremes of species' ranges

Environmental Reviews

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-20

  Hardie, David C ^a,b   Hutchings, Jeffrey A ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Demography; Ecology; Evolution; Gene flow; Genetic diversity; Species' range

Indexed keywords

ABIOTIC STRESSORS; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; DEAD-ENDS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EVOLUTION; EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY; EVOLUTIONARY INNOVATION; EXTINCTION RISKS; EXTREME CONDITIONS; GENE FLOWS; GENETIC DIVERSITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; LOCAL EXTINCTION; PERIPHERAL POSITIONS; POPULATION VARIABILITY; VARIABLE POPULATION;

ABERRATIONS; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; POPULATION STATISTICS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

ECOLOGY;

EID: 77952406180     PISSN: 11818700     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/A09-014     Document Type: Article

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