Genetic signature of population fragmentation varies with mobility in seven bird species of a fragmented Kenyan cloud forest

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1829-1844

  Callens, Tom ^a,b   Galbusera, Peter ^c   Matthysen, Erik ^d   Durand, Eric Y ^e   Githiru, Mwangi ^b   Huyghe, Jeroen R ^d   Lens, Luc ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUTE OF PRIMATE RESEARCH   (Kenya)

^c CENTRE FOR RESEARCH AND CONSERVATION   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Afrotropical; birds; dispersal; genetic clustering; genetic differentiation; landscape connectivity; Taita Hills

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; ECOSYSTEM; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; INBREEDING; KENYA; POPULATION; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TREE;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; ECOSYSTEM; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIATION; INBREEDING; KENYA; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POPULATION; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TREES;

AVES;

EID: 79954622285     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2011.05028.x     Document Type: Article

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