Experimental separation of genetic and demographic factors on extinction risk in wild populations

Ecology

Volumn 94, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2117-2123

  Wootton, J Timothy ^a   Pfister, Catherine A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Allee effect; Demographic stochasticity; Extinction; Genetic diversity; Inbreeding; Postelsia palmaeformis; Sea palm

Indexed keywords

ALLEE EFFECT; BROWN ALGA; DEMOGRAPHY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; EXTINCTION RISK; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIATION; INBREEDING DEPRESSION; OUTCROSSING; POPULATION SIZE; SEPARATION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; KELP; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES EXTINCTION;

ANIMALS; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; GENETIC VARIATION; KELP; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 84886575591     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/12-1828.1     Document Type: Article

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