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The potential demise of a population of adders (Vipera berus) in Smygehuk, Sweden

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posted on 2011-01-01, 00:00 authored by Thomas MadsenThomas Madsen, Beata UjvariBeata Ujvari
Abstract.—In 1999 and 2004, we published reports on how the introduction of 20 males into a severely inbred and isolated population of Adders halted its decline towards extinction. The introduction significantly enhanced the population’s genetic variability, which resulted in a dramatic increase in offspring viability and a rapid increase in numbers.

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Journal

Herpetological conservation and biology

Volume

6

Issue

1

Pagination

72 - 74

Publisher

Herpetological Conservation and Biology

Location

Texarkana, Tex.

ISSN

1931-7603

Language

eng

Publication classification

C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal

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2011, Herpetological Conservation and Biology