Genetic structure of fragmented November moth (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) populations in farmland

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 467-477

  Wynne, Ian R ^a,b   Loxdale, Hugh D ^a   Brookes, Cliff P ^a   Woiwod, Ian P ^a  

^a ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Allozymes; Conservation genetics; Epirrita christyi; Epirrita dilutata; Habitat fragmentation; Molecular markers; Population genetic structure

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CONSERVATION GENETICS; GENE FLOW; GENETIC STRUCTURE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; MOTH; POPULATION GENETICS;

UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALIA; EPIRRITA; EPIRRITA DILUTATA; GEOMETRIDAE; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 0037391195     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0024-4066.2002.00155.x     Document Type: Article

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