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- Description
- 1 online resource (pages cm)
- Summary
- "The biological diversity of the planet is being rapidly depleted due to the direct and indirect consequences of human activity. As the size of wild animal and plant populations decreases and fragmentation increases, inbreeding reduces fitness and loss of genetic diversity reduces their ability to adapt to changes in the environment. Many small isolated populations are going extinct unnecessarily. In many cases, such populations can be genetically rescued by gene flow from another population within the species, but this is very rarely done. This book provides a practical guide to the genetic management of fragmented animal and plant populations"--
- Uniform Title
- Practical guide for genetic management of fragmented animal and plant populations (Online)
- Alternative Title
- Practical guide for genetic management of fragmented animal and plant populations (Online)
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Contents
- Evolutionary genetics of small populations -- Inbreeding and loss of genetic diversity increase extinction risk -- Population fragmentation causes inadequate gene flow and increases extinction risk -- Genetic rescue resulting from gene flow -- Appropriate delineation of species for conservation purposes -- Are there populations suffering genetic erosion that would benefit from gene flow? -- Managing gene flow among isolated population fragments -- Global climate change increases the need for genetic management.
- LCCN
- 2019028817
- OCLC
- ssj0002236408
- Author
Frankham, Richard, 1942-
- Title
A practical guide for genetic management of fragmented animal and plant populations [electronic resource] / Richard Frankham, Jonathan D. Ballou, Katherine Ralls, Mark D. B. Eldridge, Michele R. Dudash & Charles B. Fenster, Robert C. Lacy, Paul Sunnucks ; line drawings by Karina McInnes.
- Imprint
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2019.
- Edition
First edition.
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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- Added Author
Ballou, J. D. (Jonathan D.)
Ralls, Katherine.
Eldridge, Mark Derek Bruce.
Dudash, Michele R.
Fenster, Charles Barnet, 1956-
Lacy, Robert C.
Sunnucks, Paul.
McInnes, Karina H.