Conservation consequences of Chernobyl and other nuclear accidents

Biological Conservation

Volumn 144, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2787-2798

  Moller A P ^a   Mousseau, T A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Mutation; Mutational load; Radiation; Radioactivity; Selective mortality

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; BREEDING SITE; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; DISPERSAL; FLY; HABITAT CONSERVATION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MUTATION; NUCLEAR EXPLOSION; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; PHYTOTOXICITY; POPULATION SIZE; POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; RARITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN EUROPE;

ANIMALIA; AVES;

EID: 83555174569     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2011.08.009     Document Type: Review

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