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Extinction, recolonization, and dispersal through time in a planktonic crustacean.
Ecology - 1 Dec 2007
Mergeay Joachim, Vanoverbeke Joost, Verschuren Dirk, De Meester Luc
Abstract excerpt
Dormant propagule banks are important reservoirs of biological and genetic diversity of local communities and populations and provide buffering mechanisms against extinction. Although dormant stages of various plant and animal species are known to remain viable for decades and even centuries, little is known about the effective influence of recolonization from such old sources on the genetic continuity of...
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