Landscape genetics of a specialized grasshopper inhabiting highly fragmented habitats: A role for spatial scale

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 481-492

  Ortego, Joaquín ^a,b   Aguirre, Maria P ^a   Cordero, Pedro J ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Causal modelling; Genetic diversity; Genetic structure; Historical barriers; Landscape genetics; Population fragmentation

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION GENETICS; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIATION; GRASSHOPPER; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPECIALIZATION;

CASTILLA-LA MANCHA; LA MANCHA [CASTILLA-LA MANCHA]; SPAIN;

EID: 84859420937     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2011.00840.x     Document Type: Article

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