Defining population structure for the Mojave desert tortoise

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1795-1807

  Hagerty, Bridgette E ^a   Tracy, C Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation unit; Desert tortoise; Gopherus agassizii; Microsatellites; Mojave Desert; Population structure

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; DISPERSAL; GENE FLOW; GENETIC MARKER; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HOME RANGE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MOVEMENT; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TURTLE;

COLORADO DESERT; MOJAVE DESERT; SONORAN DESERT; UNITED STATES;

GOPHERUS AGASSIZII; TESTUDINIDAE;

EID: 77956886045     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-010-0073-0     Document Type: Article

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