Low genetic differentiation in north-west European populations of the locally endangered root vole, Microtus oeconomus

Biological Conservation

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 39-48

  Leijs, Remko ^a   Van Apeldoorn, Rob C ^b   Bijlsma, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Allozymes; F statistics; Inbreeding; Microtus oeconomus; Pleistocene glacials; Population bottlenecks; Population genetics

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED SPECIES; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; POPULATION GENETICS; RODENT;

NETHERLANDS;

MICROTUS OECONOMUS;

EID: 0032889535     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(98)00048-2     Document Type: Article

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