Roads, interrupted dispersal, and genetic diversity in timber rattlesnakes

Conservation Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1059-1069

  Clark, Rulon W ^a   Brown, William S ^b   Stechert, Randy ^c,d   Zamudio, Kelly R ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b SKIDMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

^c State University of New York at Albany ^*  (United States)

^d STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation genetics; Crotalus horridus; Genetic connectivity; Habitat fragmentation; Population structure; Roads; Snakes; Timber rattlesnake

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CONSERVATION GENETICS; DEN; DISPERSAL; GENE FLOW; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC STRUCTURE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; MITIGATION; MOTORWAY; PATCHINESS; POPULATION MIGRATION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT; SNAKE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; GENE FLOW; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GENETICS; SNAKE; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; UNITED STATES; CROTALUS;

ANIMALS; CROTALUS; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; GENE FLOW; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; NEW YORK; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TRANSPORTATION;

ANIMALIA; CROTALUS; CROTALUS HORRIDUS; SERPENTES;

EID: 77954702532     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2009.01439.x     Document Type: Article

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