Contemporary habitat loss reduces genetic diversity in an ecologically specialized butterfly

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1277-1287

  Collier, Neil ^a,b   Gardner, Mike ^a,c   Adams, Mark ^d   McMahon, Clive R ^b   Benkendorff, Kirsten ^a   Mackay, Duncan A ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^d SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

AFLP; Allozymes; Conservation; Fragmentation; Lycaenidae; Population structure; South Australia; Theclinesthes albocincta

Indexed keywords

ALLOZYME; BUTTERFLY; CONSERVATION GENETICS; DATA SET; EXTINCTION RISK; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENOTYPE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT SELECTION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POLYMORPHISM; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION SIZE; POPULATION STRUCTURE;

AUSTRALIA; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

ANIMALIA; LEPIDOPTERA; LYCAENIDAE; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 77954781807     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2010.02305.x     Document Type: Article

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