Geographic and genetic isolation in spring-associated Eurycea salamanders endemic to the Edwards Plateau region of Texas

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1309-1319

  Lucas, Lauren K ^a   Gompert, Zachariah ^b   Ott, James R ^a   Nice, Chris C ^a  

^a TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Coalescent; Edwards Plateau; Endemism; Eurycea; Isolation by distance; Migration rate

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION; DISPERSAL; DNA; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ENDEMISM; GENE FLOW; GENETIC ISOLATION; LIZARD; RECOLONIZATION; SPRING (SEASON);

EDWARDS PLATEAU; NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EURYCEA; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 70350558720     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-008-9710-2     Document Type: Article

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