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Low genetic variation and inbreeding depression in small isolated populations of the Japanese rosy bitterling, Rhodeus ocellatus kurumeus.
Zoological science - 1 May 2005
Kawamura Kouichi
Abstract excerpt
The Japanese rosy bitterling, Rhodeus ocellatus kurumeus, has been affected not only by the invasion of another subspecies, R. o. ocellatus, from China, but also by habitat fragmentation. In this study, the effects of habitat fragmentation on the fitness of R. o. kurumeus were investigated. Owing to exclusion by R. o. ocellatus, R. o. kurumeus in Honshu and Shikoku has disappeared entirely, except for small...
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