Landscape features influence gene flow as measured by cost-distance and genetic analyses: A case study for giant pandas in the Daxiangling and Xiaoxiangling Mountains

BMC Genetics

Volumn 11, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Zhu, Lifeng ^a   Zhan, Xiangjiang ^a   Meng, Tao ^a   Zhang, Shanning ^b   Wei, Fuwen ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b China Wildlife Conservation Association   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AILUROPODA; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE STUDY; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GENE FLOW; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POPULATION GENETIC STRUCTURE; ANIMAL; BEAR; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; MALE; POPULATION GENETICS;

AILUROPODA MELANOLEUCA;

ANIMALS; CHINA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; MALE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; URSIDAE;

EID: 77954791881     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2156-11-72     Document Type: Article

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