Modern molecular methods for amphibian conservation

BioScience

Volumn 59, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 559-571

  Storfer, Andrew ^a   Eastman, Jonathan M ^a   Spear, Stephen F ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian declines; Conservation; Genomics; Landscape genetics; Next generation sequencing

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA;

EID: 68949162941     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/bio.2009.59.7.7     Document Type: Article

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