Genetics of a butterfly relocation: Large, small and introduced populations of the mountain endemic Erebia epiphron silesiana

Biological Conservation

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 11-18

  Schmitt, Thomas ^a   Cizek, Oldrich ^b   Konvicka, Martin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF ENTOMOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Allozyme electrophoresis; Butterflies; Conservation genetics; Genetic diversity; Genetic erosion; Relocation; Satyrinae

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; CONSERVATION GENETICS; GENETIC VARIATION; POPULATION SIZE; RELICT SPECIES; VIABILITY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; CZECH REPUBLIC; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SUDETES; WORLD;

EREBIA; EREBIA EPIPHRON; LEPIDOPTERA; PAPILIONOIDEA; SATYRINAE;

EID: 11144331948     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2004.09.018     Document Type: Article

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