Degree of landscape fragmentation influences genetic isolation among populations of a gliding mammal

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Taylor, Andrea C ^a   Walker, Faith M ^a,e   Goldingay, Ross L ^b   Ball, Tina ^c   van der Ree, Rodney ^d  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HISTORY; LANDSCAPE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PETAURUS NORFOLCENSIS; POPULATION GENETICS; SEASHORE; SQUIRREL; URBANIZATION; ALLELE; ANIMAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; PHYLOGENY; SCIURIDAE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

MAMMALIA; PETAURUS NORFOLCENSIS;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; PHYLOGENY; SCIURIDAE;

EID: 80055061040     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0026651     Document Type: Article

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