Small effective size limits performance in a novel environment

Evolutionary Applications

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 823-831

  Oakley, Christopher G ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Human disturbance; Hypericum; Invasion; Mutational meltdown; Novel environment; Roadside; Small population

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880574187     PISSN: 17524563     EISSN: 17524571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/eva.12068     Document Type: Article

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