Geographic cohesiveness versus associations with habitat: Genetic subdivision of Bembicium vittatum Philippi (Gastropoda: Littorinidae) in the Houtman Abrolhos Islands

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 57-74

  Johnson, Michael S ^a   Black, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Allozymes; Gene flow; Geographic variation; Isolation by distance; Littorine snail; Neutrality; Selection

Indexed keywords

BEMBICIUM; BEMBICIUM VITTATUM; GASTROPODA; LITTORINIDAE;

EID: 17544381943     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.1996.tb01660.x     Document Type: Article

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