Comparative genetic structure reflects underlying life histories of three sympatric small mammal species in continuous forest of south-eastern Australia

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Volumn 116, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1819-1830

  Kraaijeveld Smit, F J L ^a,b   Lindenmayer, D B ^c   Taylor, A C ^d   MacGregor, C ^c   Wertheim, B ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISPERSAL; DIVERGENCE; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HETEROZYGOSITY; INBREEDING AVOIDANCE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MARSUPIAL; MUTATION; POPULATION SIZE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RODENT; SYMPATRY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; MURIDAE; RATTUS; RATTUS FUSCIPES; RODENTIA;

EID: 35248820137     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2007.16087.x     Document Type: Article

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