The mechanism of background extinction

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 255-268

  Wiens, Delbert ^a   Slaton, Michèle R ^b  

^a White Mountain Research Station   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Climatic shift; Devolution; Embryonic abortion; Genetic variation; Habitat attenuation; Habitat dissolution; Heterosis; Negative selection; Norm of reaction; Reproductive fitness

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; DEVOLUTION; DISSOLUTION; EXTINCTION; FITNESS; GENETIC VARIATION; HETEROSIS; PALEONTOLOGY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RISK FACTOR; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SURVIVAL;

EID: 84855790314     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2011.01819.x     Document Type: Review

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