Decline of an isolated timber rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus) population: Interactions between climate change, disease, and loss of genetic diversity

Biological Conservation

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 886-891

  Clark, Rulon W ^a   Marchand, Michael N ^b   Clifford, Brendan J ^b   Stechert, Randy ^c   Stephens, Sierra ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b New Hampshire Fish and Game Department   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Crotalus horridus; Disease ecology; Genetic diversity; Inbreeding

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION GENETICS; DISEASE INCIDENCE; EXTINCTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIATION; HABITAT LOSS; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INBREEDING DEPRESSION; ISOLATED POPULATION; MORPHOLOGY; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; POPULATION BOTTLENECK; POPULATION DECLINE; SNAKE;

NEW HAMPSHIRE; UNITED STATES;

CROTALUS HORRIDUS; SERPENTES;

EID: 79451470360     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2010.12.001     Document Type: Article

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