Genetic factors associated with population size may increase extinction risks and decrease colonization potential in a keystone tropical pine

Evolutionary Applications

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 574-588

  Del Castillo, Rafael F ^a   Trujillo Argueta, Sonia ^a   Sánchez Vargas, Nahúm ^b   Newton, Adrian C ^c  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD MICHOACANA DE SAN NICOLÁS DE HIDALGO   (Mexico)

^c BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colonization; Conservation; Fitness; Genetic variation; Inbreeding depression; Outbreeding depression; Pinus chiapensis; Population size; Restoration; Tropical montane cloud forest

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958818237     PISSN: 17524563     EISSN: 17524571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-4571.2010.00177.x     Document Type: Article

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