Highways block gene flow and cause a rapid decline in genetic diversity of desert bighorn sheep

Ecology Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1029-1038

  Epps, Clinton W ^a   Palsbøll, Per J ^a   Wehausen, John D ^b   Roderick, George K ^a   Ramey II, Rob R ^c   McCullough, Dale R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Visit Scho Dept Integrat Biol   (United States)

^c DENVER MUSEUM OF NATURE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene flow; Genetic diversity; Habitat fragmentation; Metapopulation; Ovis canadensis; Road

Indexed keywords

GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; METAPOPULATION; ROAD; SHEEP;

OVIS ARIES; OVIS CANADENSIS; OVIS CANADENSIS NELSONI;

EID: 25144432511     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2005.00804.x     Document Type: Article

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