Contrasting demographic and genetic estimates of dispersal in the endangered Coahuilan box turtle: A contemporary approach to conservation

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 19, 2008, Pages 4209-4221

  Howeth, Jennifer G ^a   Mcgaugh, Suzanne E ^b   Hendrickson, Dean A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Habitat fragmentation; Isolation by distance; Mark recapture; Metapopulation; Microsatellite

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DESERT CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MEXICO; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION MIGRATION; SEASON; TURTLE;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DESERT CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIATION; MEXICO; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASONS; TURTLES;

TERRAPENE COAHUILA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 52649098381     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2008.03904.x     Document Type: Article

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