Fragmentation genetics of rainforest animals: Insights from recent studies

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 245-260

  Radespiel, U ^a   Bruford, M W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Genetic bottleneck; Genetic diversity; Genetic structure; Habitat loss; Sampling effects; Statistical power

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CONSERVATION GENETICS; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; PASSERINE; POPULATION BOTTLENECK; PRIMATE; RAINFOREST; SAMPLING;

ANIMALIA; AVES; PASSERI; PASSERIFORMES; PRIMATES;

EID: 84896396177     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-013-0550-3     Document Type: Review

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