Three ways of assessing metapopulation structure in the butterfly Plebejus argus

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 283-293

  Lewis, Owen T ^c   Thomas, Chris D ^d   Hill, Jane K ^d   Brookes, Martin I ^a   Crane, T P Robin ^b   Graneau, Yvonne A ^a   Mallet, James L B ^a   Rose, Owen C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Bridge Cottage   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Allozymes; Conservation; Dispersal; Genetic differentiation; Markrelease recapture; Migration; Population structure

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; MARK-RELEASE-RECAPTURE; METAPOPULATION; POPULATION STRUCTURE;

LEPIDOPTERA; LYCAENIDAE; PAPILIONOIDEA; PLEBEJUS ARGUS;

EID: 0030796526     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2311.1997.00074.x     Document Type: Article

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