Migration, gene flow, and genetic diversity within and among Iowa populations of ornate box turtles (Terrapene ornata ornata)

Chelonian Conservation and Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 3-11

  Richtsmeier, Rebecca J ^a   Bernstein, Neil P ^b   Demastes, James W ^a   Black, Robert W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA   (United States)

^b MOUNT MERCY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Hospital for Special Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Emydidae; Iowa; Microsatellites; Population genetics; Reptilia; Testudines

Indexed keywords

EMYDIDAE; REPTILIA; TERRAPENE; TERRAPENE ORNATA ORNATA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 50249103342     PISSN: 10718443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2744/CCB-0653.1     Document Type: Article

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