The effects of habitat fragmentation on the genetic structure of small mammal populations

Journal of Heredity

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 294-304

  Gaines, M S ^a   Diffendorfer, J E ^a   Tamarin, R H ^b   Whittam, T S ^c  

^a University of Miami   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOENZYME; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

CONFERENCE PAPER; ECOLOGY; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

MAMMALIA; MICROTUS; MICROTUS ABBREVIATUS; MURIDAE; ORYZOMYS; ORYZOMYS PALUSTRIS NATATOR; SIGMODON HISPIDUS;

EID: 0030793039     PISSN: 00221503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jhered.a023107     Document Type: Conference Paper

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