Albatrosses, eagles and newts, Oh My!: Exceptions to the prevailing paradigm concerning genetic diversity and population viability?

Animal Conservation

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 448-457

  Reed, D H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bottleneck; Environmental stochasticity; Extinction; Genetic diversity; Inbreeding stress interaction; Population viability

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION GENETICS; EXTINCTION RISK; GENE FLOW; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIATION; INBREEDING; POPULATION BOTTLENECK; POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS; RAPTOR; STOCHASTICITY;

ACCIPITRIDAE; DIOMEDEIDAE; SALAMANDRIDAE;

EID: 77956583926     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: 14691795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1795.2010.00353.x     Document Type: Review

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