Low phylogeographic structure in a wide spread endangered Australian frog Litoria aurea (Anura: Hylidae)

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 17-32

  Burns, Emma L ^a,f   Eldridge, Mark D B ^b,c   Crayn, Darren M ^d   Houlden, Bronwyn A ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^d ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS AND DOMAIN TRUST   (Australia)

^e Zoological Parks Board of NSW   (Australia)

^f Jl RS Aini ^*  (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Hylid; Litoria aurea; mtDNA; Phylogeography; Population structure

Indexed keywords

COAST; CONSERVATION; CONSERVATION GENETICS; DNA; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FROG; GENE FLOW; GENETIC STRUCTURE; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PLEISTOCENE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; HYLIDAE; LITORIA AUREA; MYOBATRACHIDAE;

EID: 33845956930     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-006-9143-8     Document Type: Article

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