Population differentiation of temperate amphibians in unpredictable environments

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 3185-3200

  Chan, Lauren M ^a   Zamudio, Kelly R ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaxyrus; Bufo; Connectivity; Desert; Pond breeding; Scaphiopus

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DESERT CLIMATE; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GENETICS; TOAD; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BUFONIDAE; DESERT CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MODELS, GENETIC; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; UNITED STATES;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BUFO; BUFO COGNATUS; PELOBATIDAE; SCAPHIOPUS; SCAPHIOPUS COUCHII;

EID: 68149102952     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04273.x     Document Type: Article

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