From genes to geography: A genetic similarity rule for arthropod community structure at multiple geographic scales

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 13, 2006, Pages 4215-4228

  Bangert, R K ^a   Allan, G J ^a   Turek, R J ^a   Wimp, G M ^a,b   Meneses, N ^a   Martinsen, G D ^a,c   Keim, P ^a   Whitham, T G ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

^c EcoPlan Associates Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

AFLP composition; Alpha beta gamma diversity; Arthropod community structure; Genes vs environment; Local regional gradient; Populus spp.; Spatial scale

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; ASPEN; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION GENETICS; RIVER; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; BIODIVERSITY; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; MODELS, GENETIC; POPULUS; RIVERS; SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ARTHROPODA; POPULUS;

EID: 33750212486     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2006.03092.x     Document Type: Article

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