Central-marginal population dynamics in species invasions

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 2, Issue JUN, 2014, Pages

  Guo, Qinfeng ^a  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Core periphery; Genetic diversity; Hierarchy; Land use; Patches; Source sink; Species' borders

Indexed keywords

EID: 84944048287     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2296701X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2014.00023     Document Type: Review

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