Rural road networks as barriers to gene flow for amphibians: Species-dependent mitigation by traffic calming

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 171-180

  Garcia Gonzalez, Claudia ^a   Campo, Daniel ^a,b   Pola, Ivan G ^a   Garcia Vazquez, Eva ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOQUÍMICA Y BIOLOGÍA MOLECULAR   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alytes obstetricans; Lissotriton helveticus; Population genetic structure; Road density; Road networks; Traffic calming

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION;

ALYTES OBSTETRICANS; LISSOTRITON HELVETICUS; POPULATION GENETIC STRUCTURE; ROAD DENSITY; ROAD NETWORK; TRAFFIC CALMING;

RURAL ROADS;

AMPHIBIAN; CONSERVATION GENETICS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GENE FLOW; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; MIGRATION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; POPULATION STRUCTURE; ROAD TRANSPORT; RURAL AREA; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; URBAN AREA;

IBERIAN PENINSULA;

ALYTES OBSTETRICANS; AMPHIBIA; ANURA; SALAMANDRIDAE; TRITURUS HELVETICUS;

EID: 83955165875     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2011.10.012     Document Type: Article

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