Relationship between Population Size and Fitness

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Dangerously few liaisons: a review of mate-finding Allee effects (2009, methodology): “While this approach has been attempted on a number of occasions (e.g., Myers et al. 1995; Saether et al. 1996; Liermann and Hilborn 1997; Walters and Kitchell 2001; Barrowman et al. 2003; Reed 2005; Sibly et al. 2005), none have revealed extensive evidence for demographic Allee effects and all hav”
Pragmatic population viability targets in a rapidly changing world (2010, unknown): “, 1998) and others as high as 100,000 (Reed, 2005).”
Genetic estimates of contemporary effective population size: what can they tell us about the importance of genetic stochasticity for wild population persistence? (2008, background): “depression may be one factor leading to the relatively low mean fitness of small populations (Reed 2005).”
How successful are plant species reintroductions (2011, background): “Conversely, reviews by Reed and Frankham (2003) and Reed (2005) demonstrated a significant and positive relationship between population size and population fitness.”
Effects of marginality on plant population performance (2014, background): “Moreover, populations occurring at the edge of a range tend to be smaller, less dense and have lower genetic diversity than central populations (Gaston, 2003; Reed, 2004), so they are thought to be less viable and more prone to extinction than central populations (Gaston, 2003; Channell, 2004).”