Evidence for habitat fragmentation altering within-population processes in wombats

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1674-1684

  Walker, Faith M ^a,b   Sunnucks, Paul ^a   Taylor, Andrea C ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Fragmentation; Marsupial; Microsatellite DNA; Sociobiology

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; MARSUPIAL; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; MALE; MARSUPIALIA; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

LASIORHINUS LATIFRONS; METATHERIA; VOMBATIDAE;

EID: 41149095553     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2008.03701.x     Document Type: Article

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