Phylogeography of Leiopelma hochstetteri reveals strong genetic structure and suggests new conservation priorities

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 907-919

  Fouquet, Antoine ^a,b   Green, David M ^c   Waldman, Bruce ^d   Bowsher, Julia H ^a,e   McBride, Katherine P ^f   Gemmell, Neil J ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b AVIGNON UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^e University of Arizona   (United States)

^f SCION   (New Zealand)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Conservation; Leiopelma; New Zealand; Phylogeography; Pleistocene

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CONSERVATION GENETICS; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DATING METHOD; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ENZYME; FROG; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC STRUCTURE; ISOLATED POPULATION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PLEISTOCENE; POPULATION DECLINE; PRIORITIZATION; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

NEW ZEALAND;

ANURA; LEIOPELMA; LEIOPELMA HOCHSTETTERI;

EID: 77952879875     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-009-9935-8     Document Type: Article

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