When are genetic methods useful for estimating contemporary abundance and detecting population trends?

Molecular Ecology Resources

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 684-692

  Tallmon, David A ^a   Gregovich, DAVE ^b   Waples, Robin S ^c   Scott Baker, C ^d   Jackson, Jennifer ^d   Taylor, Barbara L ^b   Archer, Eric ^b   Martien, Karen K ^b   Allendorf, Fred W ^e   Schwartz, Michael K ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA SOUTHEAST   (United States)

^b SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c NORTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^d OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^f ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundance; Effective population size; Genetic monitoring; Population size; Population trend

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954553696     PISSN: 1755098X     EISSN: 17550998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2010.02831.x     Document Type: Article

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