Anthropogenic and natural disturbance lead to differing patterns of gene flow in the Rocky Mountain tailed frog, Ascaphus montanus

Biological Conservation

Volumn 143, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 778-786

  Spear, Stephen F ^a   Storfer, Andrew ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ascaphus; Conservation genetics; Fire; Forest management; Landscape genetics

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BUFFER ZONE; CONNECTIVITY; CONSERVATION GENETICS; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FROG; GENE FLOW; HABITAT CORRIDOR; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HABITAT QUALITY; PERSISTENCE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SOLAR RADIATION; TEMPERATE FOREST;

ANURA; ASCAPHUS; ASCAPHUS MONTANUS; ASCAPHUS TRUEI;

EID: 76449104178     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2009.12.021     Document Type: Article

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