Does recent habitat fragmentation affect the population genetics of a heathland specialist, Andrena fuscipes (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae)?

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1679-1687

  Exeler, Nina ^a   Kratochwil, Anselm ^a   Hochkirch, Axel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fragmentation; Heathland; Inbreeding; Isolation by distance; Microsatellites; Specialization

Indexed keywords

BEE; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC STRUCTURE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HEATHLAND; INBREEDING; ISOLATION EFFECT; NESTING BEHAVIOR; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECIALIZATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SURVIVAL;

GERMANY;

ANDRENIDAE; APOIDEA; CALLUNA; CALLUNA VULGARIS; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 77956885225     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-010-0060-5     Document Type: Article

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