Rangewide phylogeography and landscape genetics of the Western U.S. endemic frog Rana boylii (Ranidae): Implications for the conservation of frogs and rivers

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 269-284

  Lind, Amy J ^a,b   Spinks, Phillip Q ^a   Fellers, Gary M ^c   Shaffer, H Bradley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

California; Conservation genetics; Declining amphibian; Foothill yellow legged frog; River basins

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CONSERVATION GENETICS; CONSERVATION PLANNING; CYTOCHROME; DISPERSAL; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FROG; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIATION; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION DECLINE; RIVER; RIVER BASIN; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

UNITED STATES;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; RANA BOYLII; RANIDAE;

EID: 78650979973     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-010-0138-0     Document Type: Article

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