Examination of the 'founder effect' in biodiversity research: Patterns and imbalances in the published literature

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 77-86

  France, Robert ^a   Rigg, Catherine ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

'founder effect'; Biodiversity research; Literature review

Indexed keywords

EID: 85032068605     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-4642.1998.00018.x     Document Type: Article

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