Phylogeography and dispersal in the velvet gecko (Oedura lesueurii), and potential implications for conservation of an endangered snake (Hoplocephalus bungaroides)

BMC Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Dubey, Sylvain ^a   Croak, Benjamin ^b   Pike, David ^b,c   Webb, Jonathan ^b   Shine, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Conservation; Dispersal; Landscape genetics; Phylogeography; Reptile

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; COLONIZATION; DISPERSAL; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FLOW; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; HABITAT QUALITY; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; LIZARD; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PREDATOR; SANDSTONE; SNAKE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TRANSLOCATION;

AUSTRALIA;

ANIMALIA; GEKKONIDAE; HOPLOCEPHALUS BUNGAROIDES; OEDURA LESUEURII; REPTILIA; SERPENTES; SQUAMATA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISPERSAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DNA SEQUENCE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GENE FLOW; GENETICS; LIZARD; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION GENETICS; SNAKE;

ANIMAL DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GENE FLOW; GENETICS, POPULATION; LIZARDS; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SNAKES;

EID: 84860818317     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-12-67     Document Type: Article

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