Efficacy of land-cover models in predicting isolation of marbled salamander populations in a fragmented landscape

Conservation Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1232-1241

  Greenwald, Katherine R ^a   Gibbs, H Lisle ^a   Waite, Thomas A ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambystoma opacum; Genetic isolation; Geographic information systems; Habitat fragmentation; Land cover; Marbled salamander

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; BREEDING SITE; CONNECTIVITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DISEASE; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GIS; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; ISOLATED POPULATION; LAND COVER; POPULATION DECLINE;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; THEORETICAL MODEL; VALIDATION STUDY;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; URODELA;

AMBYSTOMA; AMBYSTOMA OPACUM; AMPHIBIA; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 69249235020     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2009.01204.x     Document Type: Article

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