Limited effect of anthropogenic habitat fragmentation on molecular diversity in a rain forest skink, Gnypetoscincus queenslandiae

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 259-269

  Sumner, Joanna ^a,d   Jessop, Tim ^b   Paetkau, David ^c   Moritz, Craig ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c WILDLIFE GENETICS INTERNATIONAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetic diversity; Gnypetoscincus queenslandiae; Habitat fragmentation; Lizard; Microsatellites; Rain forest

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; LIZARD; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION GENETICS; TREE;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENT; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS, POPULATION; HOMING BEHAVIOR; LIZARDS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POPULATION DENSITY; QUEENSLAND; TREES; VARIATION (GENETICS);

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; GNYPETOSCINCUS QUEENSLANDIAE; REPTILIA; SCINCIDAE; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0942300470     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.2003.02056.x     Document Type: Article

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