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Minimum Population Sizes for Species Conservation
Abstract
Preservation of wild populations implies their persistence, but biological persistence is a relative term. This paper outlines criteria for what constitutes successful preservation and the methods available for determining population sizes and their area requirements to meet these criteria.
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“For example, in an area containing only tigers, it is important to know if the population size is sufficient to maintain needed genetic diversity for long-term survival (Shaffer, 1981).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Shaffer, M. L.
- Venue
- BioScience
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 1981-02
- Volume
- 31
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 131-134
- ISSN
- 0006-3568 (ISSN-L)
- 1525-3244
- OpenAlex
- W2132550267
- Cited by
- 2,014
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 10.37
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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