A population divided: Railroad tracks as barriers to gene flow in an isolated population of marbled salamanders (Ambystoma opacum)

Herpetological Conservation and Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 191-197

  Bartoszek, Joe ^a   Greenwald, Katherine R ^b  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambystoma opacum; Amphibian; Barrier; Genetic diversity; Marbled salamander

Indexed keywords

AMBYSTOMA; AMBYSTOMA OPACUM; AMBYSTOMATIDAE; AMPHIBIA; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 70349625635     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19317603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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