Microsatellite analysis of the natterjack toad (Bufo calamita) in Denmark: Populations are islands in a fragmented landscape

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 15-28

  Allentoft, Morten E ^a,b   Siegismund, Hans R ^a   Briggs, Lars ^c   Andersen, Liselotte W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^c University of Aarhus ^*  (Denmark)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bufo calamita; Conservation genetics; Fragmentation; Microsatellites

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CONSERVATION GENETICS; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DATA SET; GENETIC MARKER; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; HETEROZYGOSITY; ISOLATED POPULATION; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION SIZE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TOAD;

DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

ANURA; BUFO CALAMITA;

EID: 58149457205     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-008-9510-8     Document Type: Article

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