Conservation genetics of evolutionary lineages of the endangered mountain yellow-legged frog, Rana muscosa (Amphibia: Ranidae), in southern California

Biological Conservation

Volumn 144, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 2031-2040

  Schoville, Sean D ^a   Tustall, Tate S ^b   Vredenburg, Vance T ^c   Backlin, Adam R ^d   Gallegos, Elizabeth ^d   Wood, Dustin A ^d   Fisher, Robert N ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Bottleneck; Captive breeding; Population genetics; Reintroduction

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; CAPTIVE BREEDING; CONSERVATION GENETICS; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ESTIMATION METHOD; FROG; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC MARKER; HABITAT TYPE; MITOCHONDRION; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; PLEISTOCENE; POPULATION BOTTLENECK; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; REINTRODUCTION; WATERSHED;

CALIFORNIA; COAST RANGES; SAN JACINTO MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; RANA MUSCOSA; RANIDAE;

EID: 79957641269     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2011.04.025     Document Type: Article

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