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The population genetic consequences of habitat fragmentation for plants

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Title The population genetic consequences of habitat fragmentation for plants
 
Creator Young, A.G.
Boyle, T.J.B.
Brown, A.H.D.
 
Subject plants
populations
genetics
 
Description Habitat fragmentation reduces the size and increases the spatial isolation of plant populations. Initial predictions have been that such changes will be accompanied by an erosion of genetic variation and increased interpopulation genetic divergence due to increased random genetic drift, elevated inbreeding and reduced gene flow. Results of recent empirical studies suggest that while genetic variation may decrease with reduced remnant population size, not all fragmentation events lead to genetic losses and different types of genetic variation (e.g. allozyme and quantitative variation) may respond differently. In some circumstances, fragmentation actually appears to increase gene flow among remnant populations, breaking down local genetic structure.
 
Date 1996
2012-06-04T09:02:16Z
2012-06-04T09:02:16Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Young, A.G., Boyle, T.J.B., Brown, A.H.D. 1996. The population genetic consequences of habitat fragmentation for plants . Trends in Ecology and Evolution 11 :413-418.
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/17609
https://www.cifor.org/knowledge/publication/40
 
Language en
 
Format p. 413-418
 
Source Trends in Ecology and Evolution