Genetic diversity and population structure of the endangered insect species Carabus variolosus in its western distribution range: Implications for conservation

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 391-405

  Matern, Andrea ^a   Desender, Konjev ^b   Drees, Claudia ^a   Gaublomme, Eva ^b,c   Paill, Wolfgang ^d   Assmann, Thorsten ^a  

^a LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

^b ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d Inst of Faunistics and Anim Ecol   (Austria)

Author keywords

Allozyme electrophoresis; EU Habitats Directive; Management units; Population genetics; Power of dispersal

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ALLOZYME; BEETLE; CONSERVATION GENETICS; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DEMOGRAPHY; DISPERSAL; ELECTROKINESIS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EUROPEAN UNION; HEADWATER; HOME RANGE; ISOLATED POPULATION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SPECIALIST; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; CROATIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; GERMANY; SLOVENIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

CARABIDAE; CARABUS VARIOLOSUS; COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 67349220707     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-008-9606-1     Document Type: Article

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