Strongly diverging population genetic patterns of three skipper species: The role of habitat fragmentation and dispersal ability

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 671-681

  Louy, Dirk ^a,b   Habel, Jan Christian ^a   Schmitt, Thomas ^a   Assmann, Thorsten ^b   Meyer, Marc ^c   Müller, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

^b LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

^c National Museum of Natural History   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

Allozyme electrophoreses; Habitat fragmentation; Isolation by distance; Lepidoptera; Thymelicus

Indexed keywords

ALLOZYME; BIODIVERSITY; BUTTERFLY; DISPERSAL; ELECTROKINESIS; EXTINCTION RISK; GENERALIST; GENETIC ISOLATION; GENETIC VARIATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; SPECIALIST; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; GERMANY; LUXEMBOURG [BELGIUM]; WESTERN EUROPE;

LEPIDOPTERA; THYMELICUS; THYMELICUS ACTEON; THYMELICUS LINEOLA; THYMELICUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 34247599251     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-006-9213-y     Document Type: Article

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