The influence of historical landscape change on genetic variation and population structure of a terrestrial salamander (Plethodon cinereus)

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1647-1658

  Jordan, Mark A ^a   Morris, Douglas A ^a   Gibson, Scott E ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY PURDUE UNIVERSITY FORT WAYNE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian decline; Ancient demography; Eastern Red Backed Salamander; Fragmentation; Genetic variation; Post Pleistocene; Range expansion

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; AMPHIBIAN; DEFORESTATION; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; PLEISTOCENE; POPULATION SIZE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RANGE EXPANSION; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

NORTH AMERICA;

AMPHIBIA; PLETHODON CINEREUS; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 71349088159     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-008-9741-8     Document Type: Article

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