Effects of habitat fragmentation on the genetic structure of the monophagous butterfly Polyommatus coridon along its northern range margin

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 311-320

  Krauss, Jochen ^a,d   Schmitt, Thomas ^b   Seitz, Alfred ^c,e   Steffan Dewenter, Ingolf ^a   Tscharntke, Teja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

^c JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d Institute of Environmental Sciences   (Switzerland)

^e Institute of Environmental Sciences ^*

Author keywords

Allozymes; Calcareous grasslands; Genetic diversity; Habitat area; Isolation by distance; Population size

Indexed keywords

ISOENZYME;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BUTTERFLY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENVIRONMENT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; GERMANY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION GENETICS;

ANIMALS; BUTTERFLIES; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENVIRONMENT; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; GERMANY; HOMING BEHAVIOR; ISOENZYMES; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA; HIPPOCREPIS; HIPPOCREPIS COMOSA; INVERTEBRATA; POLYOMMATUS;

EID: 0942278756     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.2003.02072.x     Document Type: Article

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