Meta-Analysis of Susceptibility of Woody Plants to Loss of Genetic Diversity through Habitat Fragmentation

Conservation Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 228-237

  Vranckx, Guy ^a   Jacquemyn, Hans ^a   Muys, Bart ^a   Honnay, Olivier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Effect size; Extinction debt; Pollen limitation; Pollination vector; Woody species

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; CORRELATION; EXTINCTION; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENOTYPE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HERB; HETEROZYGOSITY; INBREEDING; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LONGEVITY; META-ANALYSIS; POLLEN; POLLINATION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SEED DISPERSAL; SHRUB;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE; META ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY; PLANT; WOOD;

ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC VARIATION; HETEROZYGOTE; PHYLOGENY; PLANTS; WOOD;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 84858865541     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2011.01778.x     Document Type: Article

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