Population structure of spotted salamanders (Ambystoma maculatum) in a fragmented landscape

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 235-247

  Purrenhage, J L ^a,b   Niewiarowski, P H ^a   Moore, F B G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^b MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambystoma; Amphibians; Dispersal; Metapopulation; Microsatellites; Population structure

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

AMBYSTOMA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOSYSTEM; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GENETICS; UNITED STATES;

AMBYSTOMA; ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; ECOSYSTEM; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; OHIO; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

AMBYSTOMA; AMBYSTOMA MACULATUM; AMPHIBIA; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 58249098497     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2008.04024.x     Document Type: Article

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