Effects of roads on patterns of genetic differentiation in red-backed salamanders, Plethodon cinereus

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 603-613

  Marsh, David M ^a   Page, Robert B ^a,b   Hanlon, Teresa J ^a   Corritone, Rachael ^a   Little, Elizabeth C ^a,c   Seifert, David E ^a   Cabe, Paul R ^a  

^a WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Dispersal; Fragmentation; Gene flow; Highways

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; DISPERSAL; GENE FLOW; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC DRIFT; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; ISOLATED POPULATION; MORTALITY; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; PLETHODON CINEREUS; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 42549143528     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-007-9377-0     Document Type: Article

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