Demographic and genetic estimates of effective population and breeding size in the amphibian Rana temporaria

Conservation Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 142-151

  Schmeller, Dirk S ^a,b   Merilä, Juha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anura; Effective population size; Explosive breeder; Generation time; Microsatellites

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

BREEDING POPULATION; CENSUS; CONSERVATION GENETICS; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; FROG; GENERATION TIME; GENETIC ANALYSIS; POPULATION ESTIMATION; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION SIZE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEX RATIO;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FROG; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTION; SEX RATIO;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POPULATION DENSITY; RANA TEMPORARIA; REPRODUCTION; SEX RATIO; VARIATION (GENETICS);

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; RANA TEMPORARIA;

EID: 33846986753     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2006.00554.x     Document Type: Article

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