Genetic and ecological data provide incongruent interpretations of population structure and dispersal in naturally subdivided populations of white-tailed ptarmigan (Lagopus leucura)

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1905-1917

  Fedy, B C ^a   Martin, K ^b   Ritland, C ^b   Young, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c WESTERN STATE COLORADO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpine birds; Barriers to gene flow; Dispersal; Gene flow; Grouse; Metapopulation dynamics; Microsatellites

Indexed keywords

DNA; MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOSYSTEM; GALLIFORMES; GENE FLOW; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; POPULATION GENETICS; TELEMETRY;

ANIMALS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; DNA; ECOSYSTEM; GALLIFORMES; GENE FLOW; GENETICS, POPULATION; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TELEMETRY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA; AVES; LAGOPUS; LAGOPUS LEUCURUS; TETRAONIDAE;

EID: 42049088950     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2008.03720.x     Document Type: Article

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