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Habitat fragmentation, climate change, and inbreeding in plants.
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences - 1 May 2010
Leimu Roosa, Vergeer Philippine, Angeloni Francesco, Ouborg N Joop
Abstract excerpt
Habitat fragmentation and climate change are recognized as major threats to biodiversity. The major challenge for present day plant populations is how to adapt and cope with altered abiotic and biotic environments caused by climate change, when at the same time adaptive and evolutionary potential is decreased as habitat fragmentation reduces genetic variation and increases inbreeding. Although the ecological and...
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