Influence of habitat fragmentation on the genetic variability in leaf litter ant populations in tropical rainforests of Sabah, Borneo

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 157-175

  Bickel, Tobias O ^a,c   Brühl, Carsten A ^a,b   Gadau, Jürgen R ^a   Hölldobler, Bert ^a   Linsenmair, K Eduard ^a  

^a Biocenter ^*  (Germany)

^b JEALOTT S HILL INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Genetic distance; Genetic diversity; Habitat fragmentation; Leaf litter ants; Odontomachus rixosus; Pheidole annexus; Population subdivision; RAPD fingerprint; Tropical rainforest

Indexed keywords

ANT; BIODIVERSITY; GENETIC VARIATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; POPULATION GENETICS;

ASIA; EAST MALAYSIA; EURASIA; MALAYSIA; SABAH; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

ELAEIS; FORMICIDAE; INSECTA; ODONTOMACHUS RIXOSUS; PHEIDOLE;

EID: 33644962979     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-004-4248-1     Document Type: Article

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