Assessing the benefits and risks of translocations in changing environments: A genetic perspective

Evolutionary Applications

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 709-725

  Weeks, Andrew R ^a   Sgro, Carla M ^b   Young, Andrew G ^c   Frankham, Richard ^d   Mitchell, Nicki J ^e   Miller, Kim A ^b   Byrne, Margaret ^f   Coates, David J ^f   Eldridge, Mark D B ^g   Sunnucks, Paul ^b   Breed, Martin F ^h   James, Elizabeth A ⁱ   Hoffmann, Ary A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^f DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND CONSERVATION   (Australia)

^g AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

ⁱ ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS VICTORIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Climate change; Conservation genetics; Ecological genetics

Indexed keywords

EID: 81255138827     PISSN: 17524563     EISSN: 17524571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-4571.2011.00192.x     Document Type: Article

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