Combining demography and genetic analysis to assess the population structure of an amphibian in a human-dominated landscape

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 161-173

  Safner, Toni ^a,c   Miaud, Claude ^b   Gaggiotti, Oscar ^a   Decout, Samuel ^a   Rioux, Delphine ^a   Zundel, Stéphanie ^a   Manel, Stéphanie ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ JOSEPH FOURIER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^d Aix Marseille University Marseille   (France)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Dispersal; Genetic structure; Individual based simulation; Landscape fragmentation

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIVITY; CONSERVATION STATUS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISPERSAL; FROG; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIATION; GIS; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INDIVIDUAL-BASED MODEL; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PATCHINESS; POND; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RADIOTELEMETRY; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SUBPOPULATION; TRAFFIC CONGESTION;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; RANA TEMPORARIA;

EID: 78650986867     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-010-0129-1     Document Type: Article

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