Conservation implications of genetic variation between spatially and temporally distinct colonies of the endangered damselfly Coenagrion mercuriale

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 541-547

  Watts, Phillip C ^a   Kemp, Stephen J ^a   Saccheri, Ilik J ^a   Thompson, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bottleneck; Conservation; Gene flow; Genetic diversity; Microsatellite; Odonata; Voltinism

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DEMOGRAPHY; DISPERSAL; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GENETIC VARIATION; INSECT; LIFE CYCLE; MIGRATION; POPULATION DECLINE; SPATIAL VARIATION;

DEVON; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; HAMPSHIRE; ITCHEN VALLEY; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

COENAGRION MERCURIALE; ZYGOPTERA;

EID: 33745183108     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0307-6946.2005.00721.x     Document Type: Article

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