Ecological metrics predict connectivity better than geographic distance

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 149-159

  Hokit, D Grant ^a   Ascunce, Marina ^b,c   Ernst, Joel ^b   Branch, Lyn C ^b   Clark, Ann Marie ^b  

^a CARROLL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR MEDICAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Florida scrub; Florida scrub lizard; Landscape connectivity; Landscape genetics; Microsatellite; Sceloporus woodi

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS FOREST; CONNECTIVITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DIVERGENCE; ECOREGION; GENETIC STRUCTURE; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; LIZARD; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PATCH SIZE; SCRUB; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

SCELOPORUS WOODI; SQUAMATA;

EID: 74749104553     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-009-0014-y     Document Type: Article

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