Do rivers function as genetic barriers for the plateau wood frog at high elevations?

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 279, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 270-276

  Zhao, S ^a,b   Dai, Q ^c   Fu, J ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c CHENGDU INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Hengduan Mountains; Landscape genetics; Microsatellite DNA loci; Population structure; Rana kukunoris; Riverine barrier hypothesis

Indexed keywords

DNA; DRAINAGE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FROG; GENETIC ISOLATION; GENETIC STRUCTURE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; POPULATION STRUCTURE;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; RANA SYLVATICA;

EID: 70350749440     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2009.00615.x     Document Type: Article

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