The genetic consequences of different dispersal behaviours in Lycaenid butterfly species

Bulletin of Entomological Research

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 513-523

  Habel, J C ^a,b   Schmitt, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

^b MUSÉE NATIONAL D HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

Allozyme electrophoresis; Aricia agestis; Conservation genetics; Cupido minimus; Dispersal; Genetic diversity; Lepidoptera

Indexed keywords

ISOENZYME;

ALLOZYME; BUTTERFLY; CONSERVATION GENETICS; DISPERSAL; ELECTROKINESIS; EXTINCTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC STRUCTURE; ISOLATED POPULATION; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION ECOLOGY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BUTTERFLY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MIGRATION; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BUTTERFLIES; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIATION; ISOENZYMES; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

FRANCE; GERMANY; LUXEMBOURG [BENELUX];

ARICIA AGESTIS; CUPIDO MINIMUS; LEPIDOPTERA; LYCAENIDAE; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 74049088156     PISSN: 00074853     EISSN: 14752670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007485308006640     Document Type: Article

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