Microsatellites and allozymes as the genetic memory of habitat fragmentation and defragmentation in populations of the ground beetle Carabus auronitens (Col., Carabidae)

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1937-1949

  Drees, Claudia ^a,b   Matern, Andrea ^a   Rasplus, Jean Yves ^c   Terlutter, Heinrich ^d   Assmann, Thorsten ^a   Weber, Friedrich ^b  

^a LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c CENTRE DE BIOLOGIE ET DE GESTION DES POPULATIONS   (France)

^d Westphalian Museum for Natural History   (Germany)

Author keywords

Admixture rate; Carabidae; Cline; Dispersal; Germany; Ground beetles; Habitat connectivity; Historical ecology; Recolonization; Secondary contact

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ALLOZYME; AUTOCORRELATION; BEETLE; CLINE; CONNECTIVITY; DISPERSAL; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; PITFALL TRAP; POLYMORPHISM; POPULATION GENETICS; RECOLONIZATION; RECONSTRUCTION; REFUGE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; MUNSTER [NORTH RHINE-WESTPHALIA]; NORTH RHINE-WESTPHALIA;

CARABIDAE; CARABUS AURONITENS; COLEOPTERA;

EID: 51849086724     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2008.01948.x     Document Type: Article

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