The genetic structure of metapopulations and conservation biology.

doi:10.1007/978-3-0348-8510-2_10

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The genetic structure of metapopulations and conservation biology.

EXS - 1 Jan 1994

Gliddon C, Goudet J

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A range of models describing metapopulations is surveyed and their implications for conservation biology are described. An overview of the use of both population genetic elements and demographic theory in metapopulation models is given. It would appear that most of the current models suffer from...

Topics

Animals
Conservation of Natural Resources
Demography
Genetic Variation
Genetics, Population
Inbreeding
Models, Genetic
Plants

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