Partitioning of molecular variation at local spatial scales in the vulnerable neotropical freshwater turtle, Hydromedusa maximiliani (Testudines, Chelidae): Implications for the conservation of aquatic organisms in natural hierarchical systems

Biological Conservation

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 119-126

  Souza, Franco L ^a   Cunha, Anderson F ^a   Oliveira, Marcos A ^a   Pereira, Gonçalo A G ^a   Pinheiro, Hildete P ^a   Dos Reis, Sérgio F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Conservation; Habitat fragmentation; Hydromedusa maximiliani; Molecular variation; Random amplified polymorphic DNA; Spatial scales; Turtle

Indexed keywords

ENDEMIC SPECIES; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIATION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TURTLE;

BRAZIL;

CHELIDAE; HYDROMEDUSA; HYDROMEDUSA MAXIMILIANI; TESTUDINES;

EID: 0036190049     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(01)00160-4     Document Type: Article

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