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Genetics of recent habitat contraction and reduction in population size: does isolation by distance matter?
Molecular ecology - 1 Oct 2006
Leblois Raphael, Estoup Arnaud, Streiff Rejane
Abstract excerpt
Fragmentation and loss of natural habitats are recognized as major threats to contemporary flora and fauna. Detecting past or current reductions in population size is therefore a major aim in conservation genetics. Statistical methods developed to this purpose have tended to ignore the effects of spatial population structure. However in many species, individual dispersal is restricted in space and fine-scale...
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