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genetic rescue — RMBL Knowledge Commons

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genetic rescue

Scope: evolution

Papers: 3 | Mentions: 3

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Knowledge graph centered on genetic rescue with 69 nodes and 137 connections. Top connected: Marmota flaviventris, Hummingbird, Ipomopsis, I. aggregata, Ipomopsis aggregata.

Definition

Improvement in population fitness through the introduction of new genetic material

Related Terms (2)

demographic rescuegenetic rescue

Publications (3)

Responses to climate change – insights and limitations from herbaceous plant model species

2025New Phytologistcentral

Bottlenecks and rescue effects in a fluctuating population of golden-mantled ground squirrels (<i>Spermophilus lateralis</i>)

2011Conservation Geneticscentral

Effects of patch quality and network structure on patch occupancy dynamics of a yellow-bellied marmot metapopulation

2006Journal of Animal Ecologymeasured

Related Concepts (10)

metapopulation structure

theory2 shared papers

evolutionary trap

phenomenon1 shared paper

evolutionary rescue

theory1 shared paper

phenotypic plasticity

process1 shared paper

adaptation lag

phenomenon1 shared paper

joint species distribution models

model type1 shared paper

population decline

phenomenon1 shared paper

quasi-extinction thresholds

metric1 shared paper

climate change adaptation

process1 shared paper

reproduction ratio

metric1 shared paper

Frequently Associated Species

Marmota flaviventris

Sciuridae2 papers

Spruce

Timothy

bighorn sheep

Populus

Salicaceae1 paper

endangered species

Phleum pratense

Ovis canadensis

herbaceous species

Populus tremuloides

Salicaceae1 paper