Modelling functional landscape connectivity from genetic population structure: A new spatially explicit approach

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 3664-3678

  Braunisch, Veronika ^a,b   Segelbacher, Gernot ^c   Hirzel, Alexandre H ^d  

^a Forest Research Institute of Baden Wuerttemberg FVA   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

capercaillie; dispersal corridors; habitat connectivity; landscape permeability; Tetrao urogallus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEMALE; GALLIFORMES; GENE FLOW; GENETICS; GERMANY; MALE; POPULATION GENETICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TREE;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GALLIFORMES; GENE FLOW; GENETICS, POPULATION; GERMANY; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TREES;

ANIMALIA; AVES; TETRAO UROGALLUS;

EID: 77956077665     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2010.04703.x     Document Type: Article

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