Genetic population structure and dispersal patterns in Formica ants - A review

Annales Zoologici Fennici

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 163-177

  Sundström, Liselotte ^a   Seppä, Perttu ^a   Pamilo, Pekka ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION GENETICS; DISPERSAL; POPULATION STRUCTURE;

FORMICA; FORMICA EXSECTA; FORMICIDAE;

EID: 22144473376     PISSN: 0003455X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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