Extinction hazards in experimental Daphnia magna populations: Effects of genotype diversity and environmental variation

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 233-243

  Robinson, John D ^a,b   Wares, John P ^b   Drake, John M ^c,d  

^a CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b University of Georgia ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Daphnia magna; Environmental variation; Extinction; Genetic diversity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886260874     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.449     Document Type: Article

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