Linking extinction-colonization dynamics to genetic structure in a salamander metapopulation

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 279, Issue 1733, 2012, Pages 1575-1582

  Cosentino, Bradley J ^a   Phillips, Christopher A ^a,b   Schooley, Robert L ^a   Lowe, Winsor H ^c   Douglas, Marlis R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambystoma tigrinum; Amphibian; Gene flow; Genetic drift; Metapopulation; Population genetics

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; COLONIZATION; DATA SET; DIVERGENCE; EXTINCTION; FISH; FOUNDER EFFECT; GENE FLOW; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC STRUCTURE; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; METAPOPULATION; MIGRATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPATIAL VARIATION; WETLAND;

AMBYSTOMA; AMBYSTOMA TIGRINUM; AMPHIBIA; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 84858124891     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2011.1880     Document Type: Article

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