Intraspecific comparison of population structure, genetic diversity, and dispersal among three subspecies of Townsend's big-eared bats, Corynorhinus townsendii townsendii, C. t. pallescens, and the endangered C. t. virginianus

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 143-159

  Piaggio, Antoinette J ^a,b   Navo, Kirk W ^c   Stihler, Craig W ^d  

^a NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c Wildlife Health Program   (United States)

^d West Virginia Division of Natural Resources   (United States)

Author keywords

Corynorhinus townsendii virginianus; Endangered species; Genetic diversity; Microsatellite DNA; Mitochondrial DNA

Indexed keywords

BAT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSERVATION STATUS; DISPERSAL; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT; GENE FLOW; GENETIC MARKER; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SUBSPECIES;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CORYNORHINUS TOWNSENDII; MACROTUS; PLECOTUS TOWNSENDII TOWNSENDII; PLECOTUS TOWNSENDII VIRGINIANUS;

EID: 58149465876     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-008-9542-0     Document Type: Article

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