Genetic estimates of immigration and emigration rates in relation to population density and forest patch area in Peromyscus leucopus

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1593-1605

  Anderson, Christine S ^a,b   Meikle, Douglas B ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CAPITAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assignment tests; Gene flow; Habitat fragmentation; Microsatellite DNA markers; White footed mouse

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION GENETICS; EMIGRATION; GENE FLOW; GENETIC MARKER; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; IMMIGRATION; POPULATION DENSITY; RODENT;

PEROMYSCUS; PEROMYSCUS LEUCOPUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 77956793363     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-009-0033-8     Document Type: Article

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