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management unit: a standalone construct

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Conservation biology

a population that is demographically independent and genetically distinct in allele frequencies, managed separately within an evolutionarily significant unit.

In conservation biology, management unit refers to a population that is demographically independent and genetically distinct in allele frequencies, managed separately within an evolutionarily significant unit. This meaning comes from Moritz (1994) in Trends in Ecology & Evolution.[1]

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evolutionarily significant unit1 fields · 1 citationsanchor · a standalone construct allele3 fields · 5 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs conservation4 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs

References

Moritz, C. (1994). Defining ‘Evolutionarily Significant Units’ for conservation. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 9(10), 373-375. https://doi.org/10.1016/0169-5347(94)90057-4

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