Patchy population structure in a short-distance migrant: Evidence from genetic and demographic data

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2353-2364

  Mayer, C ^a   Schiegg, K ^a   Pasinelli, G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS ORNITHOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Fragmentation; Gene flow; Patchy population; Reed bunting; Spatial population structure

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION MIGRATION; SONGBIRD; SWITZERLAND;

ALLELES; ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MODELS, GENETIC; PASSERIFORMES; POPULATION DENSITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SWITZERLAND;

EMBERIZA SCHOENICLUS;

EID: 65949109932     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04200.x     Document Type: Article

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