Population genetic analysis reveals a long-term decline of a threatened endemic Australian marsupial

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 3346-3362

  Hansen, Birgita D ^a   Harley, Daniel K P ^a   Lindenmayer, David B ^b   Taylor, Andrea C ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate change; Conserved sequence blocks; Control region; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GENE FLOW; GENETICS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HAPLOTYPE; MARSUPIAL; POPULATION GENETICS; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; TREE;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ECOSYSTEM; GENE FLOW; GENETICS, POPULATION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HAPLOTYPES; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PHALANGERIDAE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TREES; VICTORIA;

GYMNOBELIDEUS LEADBEATERI; METATHERIA;

EID: 68349158896     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04269.x     Document Type: Article

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