Recent habitat fragmentation caused by major roads leads to reduction of gene flow and loss of genetic variability in ground beetles

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 270, Issue 1513, 2003, Pages 417-423

  Keller, Irene ^a   Largiadèr, Carlo R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Carabus violaceus; Genetic differentiation; Ground beetles; Habitat fragmentation; Microsatellite; Roads

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; GENE FLOW; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC VARIATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; ROAD;

ARTICLE; BEETLE; FOREST; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HIGHWAY; NONHUMAN; POPULATION GENETIC STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

SWITZERLAND;

CARABIDAE; CARABUS VIOLACEUS; COLEOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037460775     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2002.2247     Document Type: Article

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