Recent introduction or ancient ancestry? Use of genetic evidence to investigate the origins of range edge populations in natterjack toads (Bufo calamita)

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 293-300

  May, Shoshanna ^a   Beebee, Trevor J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Microsatellites; Native population; Translocation

Indexed keywords

ANCESTRY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MARKER; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; NATIVE SPECIES; TOAD; TRANSLOCATION;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BUFO CALAMITA;

EID: 74749097760     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-009-9805-4     Document Type: Article

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