Linking movement behaviour to dispersal and divergence in plethodontid salamanders

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 20, 2008, Pages 4459-4469

  Lowe, Winsor H ^a   Mcpeek, Mark A ^b   Likens, Gene E ^c   Cosentino, Bradley J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b Dartmouth College   (United States)

^c CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Eurycea bislineata; Gene flow; Gyrinophilus porphyriticus; Headwater streams; Hubbard Brook; Morphology

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ALTITUDE; AMPHIBIA; AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY SIZE; ECOSYSTEM; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION MIGRATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ALTITUDE; AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM ANALYSIS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; DNA; ECOSYSTEM; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEW HAMPSHIRE; PHENOTYPE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; URODELA;

EURYCEA BISLINEATA; GYRINOPHILUS PORPHYRITICUS; PLETHODONTIDAE; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 53749095486     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2008.03928.x     Document Type: Article

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