Small-scale fragmentation effects on local genetic diversity in two phyllostomid bats with different dispersal abilities in Panama

Biotropica

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 95-102

  Meyer, Christoph F J ^a   Kalko, Elisabeth K V ^a,b   Kerth, Gerald ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chiroptera; Habitat fragmentation; Isolation by distance; Land bridge islands; Population genetic structure

Indexed keywords

BAT; BIODIVERSITY; DISPERSAL; DNA; GENETIC STRUCTURE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; POPULATION GENETICS; VULNERABILITY;

CENTRAL AMERICA; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

CAROLLIA PERSPICILLATA; CHIROPTERA; PHYLLOSTOMIDAE; URODERMA BILOBATUM;

EID: 58149107479     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2008.00443.x     Document Type: Article

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