Adaptive introgression as a resource for management and genetic conservation in a changing climate

Conservation Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 33-41

  Hamilton, Jill A ^a,b   Miller, Joshua M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptive management; Evolution; Evolutionary potential; Genetics; Hybridization

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION GENETICS; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; EXTINCTION RISK; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIATION; HYBRID ZONE; HYBRIDIZATION; INTROGRESSION; MUTATION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY;

ADAPTATION; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EVOLUTION; GENE FLOW; HYBRIDIZATION;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; GENE FLOW; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC;

EID: 84954374352     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12574     Document Type: Article

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