Genetic Management of Fragmented Animal and Plant Populations

by Richard Frankham, Jonathan D. Ballou, Katherine Ralls, et al.

One of the greatest unmet challenges in conservation biology is the genetic management of fragmented populations of threatened animal and plant species. More than a million small, isolated, population fragments of threatened species are likely suffering inbreeding depression and loss of evolutionary potential, resulting in elevated extinction risks. Although these effects can often be reversed by re-establishing gene flow between population fragments,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019878340X
• ISBN13: 9780198783404
• Release Date: September 2017
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.4" x 9.6"