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3 - Island Populations

Genetic Factors Driving Declines

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 June 2018

By
Jim J. Groombridge ,
Claire Raisin  and
Patricia Brekke
Edited by
Jamieson A. Copsey ,
Simon A. Black ,
Jim J. Groombridge  and
Carl G. Jones
Jamieson A. Copsey
Affiliation:
IUCN Conservation Planning Specialist Group (CPSG)
Simon A. Black
Affiliation:
Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology at the University of Kent
Jim J. Groombridge
Affiliation:
Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology at the University of Kent
Carl G. Jones
Affiliation:
Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust
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Lessons from Islands
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