Effects of habitat fragmentation on effective dispersal of Florida scrub-jays

Conservation Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1080-1088

  Coulon, Aurélie ^a,c   Fitzpatrick, John W ^a   Bowman, Reed ^b   Lovette, Irby J ^a  

^a Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program   (United States)

^b ARCHBOLD BIOLOGICAL STATION   (United States)

^c MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Aphelocoma c rulescens; Dispersal; Florida Scrub Jay; Fragmentation; Gene flow

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; GENE FLOW; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ISOLATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MARKING METHOD; MONITORING; PATCH SIZE; SONGBIRD;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; GENE FLOW; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION GENETICS; SONGBIRD; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; FLORIDA; GENE FLOW; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; LINEAR MODELS; SONGBIRDS;

APHELOCOMA COERULESCENS; APHELOCOMA COERULESCENS COERULESCENS;

EID: 77954735159     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2009.01438.x     Document Type: Article

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