Landscape genetics of an endangered lemur (Propithecus tattersalli) within its entire fragmented range

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1606-1621

  Quéméré, Erwan ^a,b   Crouau Roy, Brigitte ^a,b   Rabarivola, Clément ^d   Louis Jr, Edward E ^e   Chikhi, Lounès ^a,c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^c INSTITUTO GULBENKIAN DE CIÊNCIA   (Portugal)

^d Campus Universitaire d'Ambondrona   (Madagascar)

^e Henry Doorly Zoo   (United States)

Author keywords

Causal modelling; Dispersal; Habitat fragmentation; Lemur; Primate; Propithecus tattersalli; Spatial autocorrelation

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; MADAGASCAR; POPULATION GENETICS; PROSIMIAN;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; MADAGASCAR; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MODELS, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STREPSIRHINI;

LEMUR; PRIMATES; PROPITHECUS TATTERSALLI; STREPSIRHINI;

EID: 77950295787     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2010.04581.x     Document Type: Article

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