Patterns of genetic variation in isolated Danish populations of the endangered butterfly Euphydryas aurinia

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 677-687

  Sigaard, Peter ^a   Pertoldi, Cino ^a,b   Madsen, Aksel Bo ^a   Søgaard, Bjarne ^a   Loeschcke, Volker ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b MAMMAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Bottleneck; Genetic structure; Habitat fragmentation; Inbreeding

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; EQUILIBRIUM; FOUNDER EFFECT; GENE FLOW; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; INBREEDING; MIGRATION; POPULATION BOTTLENECK;

DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EUPHYDRYAS AURINIA;

EID: 56649103488     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2008.01078.x     Document Type: Article

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