Species-genetic diversity correlations in habitat fragmentation can be biased by small sample sizes

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2847-2849

  Nazareno, Alison G ^a   Jump, Alistair S ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

genetic diversity; population genetics; rarefaction method; sampling strategy; small sample size

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REVIEW; SAMPLE SIZE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; GENETIC VARIATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SAMPLE SIZE;

EID: 84862026825     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2012.05611.x     Document Type: Review

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