Isolation of polymorphic microsatellite loci for the study of habitat fragmentation in the harvester ant Messor structor

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 859-861

  Arthofer, W ^a   Schlick Steiner, B C ^a,b   Steiner, F M ^a,b   Konrad, H ^a   Espadaler, X ^c   Stauffer, C ^a  

^a Institute of Forest Entomology   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Conservation; Habitat fragmentation; Messor structor; Microsatellites; Social insects

Indexed keywords

ANT; CONSERVATION GENETICS; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; ISOLATED POPULATION;

FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MESSOR STRUCTOR;

EID: 30144433923     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-005-9033-5     Document Type: Article

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