Fire alters patterns of genetic diversity among 3 lizard species in Florida scrub habitat

Journal of Heredity

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 399-408

  Schrey, Aaron W ^a   Ashton, Kyle G ^b   Heath, Stacy ^a   McCoy, Earl D ^a   Mushinsky, Henry R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b ARCHBOLD BIOLOGICAL STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

conservation; fire; Florida scrub; microsatellites

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASPIDOSCELIS SEXLINEATA; FIRE ECOLOGY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; LIZARD; METAPOPULATION; MICROHABITAT; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PLESTIODON REYNOLDSI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCELOPORUS WOODI; SCRUB; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; FIRES; FLORIDA; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; LIZARDS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MODELS, GENETIC; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ASPIDOSCELIS SEXLINEATA; NEOSEPS; SCELOPORUS WOODI; SQUAMATA;

EID: 79959491172     PISSN: 00221503     EISSN: 14657333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jhered/esr049     Document Type: Article

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