Effective/census population size ratio estimation: A compendium and appraisal

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 2, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2357-2365

  Palstra, Friso P ^a   Fraser, Dylan J ^b  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conservation genetics; Effective population size; Empirical estimation; Genetic stochasticity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876585105     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.329     Document Type: Article

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