How does ecological disturbance influence genetic diversity?

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 670-679

  Banks, Sam C ^a,b   Cary, Geoffrey J ^a   Smith, Annabel L ^a,b   Davies, Ian D ^a   Driscoll, Don A ^a,b   Gill, A Malcolm ^a   Lindenmayer, David B ^a,b   Peakall, Rod ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; GENETIC VARIATION; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; NATURAL SELECTION; POPULATION GENETICS;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOMICS; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GENETICS;

ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOMICS; MODELS, GENETIC; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84885925198     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2013.08.005     Document Type: Review

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