An unseen foe in arthropod conservation efforts: The case of Wolbachia infections in the Karner blue butterfly

Biological Conservation

Volumn 142, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3137-3146

  Nice, Chris C ^a   Gompert, Zachariah ^b   Forister, Matthew L ^c   Fordyce, James A ^d  

^a Texas State University San Marcos   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthropod conservation; Demographic model; Karner blue butterfly; Lycaeides; Lycaenidae; Wolbachia

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDOSYMBIONT; GENETIC ANALYSIS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; INTROGRESSION; METAPOPULATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; POPULATION SIZE; SIMULATION;

NORTH AMERICA;

ARTHROPODA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LYCAEIDES; LYCAEIDES MELISSA MELISSA; LYCAEIDES MELISSA SAMUELIS; LYCAENIDAE; MELISSA; MELISSA OFFICINALIS; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 70350571751     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2009.08.020     Document Type: Article

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