Genetic variation and structuring in the threatened koala populations of Southeast Queensland

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2091-2103

  Lee, Kristen E ^a   Seddon, Jennifer M ^a   Corley, Sean W ^a   Ellis, William A H ^a   Johnston, Stephen D ^a   de Villiers, Deidré L ^b   Preece, Harriet J ^b   Carrick, Frank N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Genetic isolation; Habitat fragmentation; Island population; Koalas; Microsatellites; Mitochondrial DNA

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CONSPECIFIC; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GENE FLOW; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; MARSUPIAL; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PERSISTENCE; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION SIZE; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION; URBANIZATION;

AUSTRALIA; BRISBANE; QUEENSLAND;

ANIMALIA; PHASCOLARCTIDAE; PHASCOLARCTOS CINEREUS;

EID: 78049360681     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-009-9987-9     Document Type: Article

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