Five-year study of the genetic structure and demography of two subpopulations of the Japanese squirrel (Sciurus lis) in a continuous forest and an isolated woodlot

Ecological Research

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 261-267

  Tamura, Noriko ^a   Hayashi, Fumio ^b  

^a Tama Forest Science Garden   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

D loop; Demography; Fragmentation; Genetic diversity; Japanese squirrel; Mitochondrial DNA

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; ISOLATED POPULATION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MONTANE FOREST; RODENT; SUBPOPULATION; WOODLAND;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN; KANTO; SHIKOKU; TOKYO [KANTO];

SCIURIDAE; SCIURUS LIS;

EID: 33847366770     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-006-0019-7     Document Type: Article

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