Conservation of small populations: Effective population sizes, inbreeding, and the 50/500 rule

An Introduction to Methods and Models in Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 125-138

  Harmon, Luke J ^a   Braude, Stanton ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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