The effect of habitat fragmentation on finescale population structure of wood frogs (Rana sylvatica)

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1707-1718

  Crosby, M Kathrine A ^a   Licht, Lawrence E ^b   Fu, Jinzhong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Habitat fragmentation; Microsatellite DNA loci; Population structure; Wood frog

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SITE; CONSERVATION GENETICS; FROG; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; WATERSHED;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; WELLINGTON [ONTARIO];

ANURA; RANA SYLVATICA;

EID: 65649090493     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-008-9772-1     Document Type: Article

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