Ephemeral metapopulations show high genetic diversity at regional scales

Ecology

Volumn 90, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2670-2675

  Berendonk, T U ^a,b,c,e   Spitze, K ^a   Kerfoot, W C ^a,d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^c DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chaoborus; Ephemeral; Extinction; Genetic diversity; Local diversity; Metapopulation; Midges; Regional diversity

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA ACQUISITION; DISPERSAL; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VARIATION; LARVA; LOCAL EXTINCTION; METAPOPULATION; REGIONAL PATTERN; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CERATOPOGONIDAE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CERATOPOGONIDAE; GENETIC VARIATION; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

CHAOBORUS; CHIRONOMIDAE;

EID: 70349937816     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/08-0667.1     Document Type: Article

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