Landscape discontinuities influence gene flow and genetic structure in a large, vagile Australian mammal, Macropus fuliginosus

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 3363-3378

  Neaves, Linda E ^a   Zenger, Kyall R ^b   Prince, Robert I T ^c   Eldridge, Mark D B ^d   Cooper, Desmond W ^e  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Wildlife Research Centre   (Australia)

^d AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Bottleneck; Landscape genetics; Macropus fuliginosus; Mammals; Microsatellite; Wildlife management

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MALE; MARSUPIAL; POPULATION GENETICS;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; MACROPODIDAE; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

MACROPODIDAE; MACROPUS FULIGINOSUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 68349150831     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04293.x     Document Type: Article

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