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The future of Baltic Sea populations: local extinction or evolutionary rescue?
Ambio - 1 Mar 2011
Johannesson Kerstin, Smolarz Katarzyna, Grahn Mats, André Carl
Abstract excerpt
Environmental change challenges local and global survival of populations and species. In a species-poor environment like the Baltic Sea this is particularly critical as major ecosystem functions may be upheld by single species. A complex interplay between demographic and genetic characteristics of species and populations determines risks of local extinction, chances of re-establishment of lost populations, and...
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