Do landscape barriers affect functional connectivity of populations of an endangered damselfly?

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1373-1384

  Keller, Daniela ^a,b   Van Strien, Maarten J ^a,b   Holderegger, Rolf ^a,b  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Conservation; Dispersal; Fragmentation; Landscape genetics; Odonata

Indexed keywords

COENAGRION MERCURIALE; EUCLIDIA; ODONATA; ZYGOPTERA;

EID: 84862154046     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2012.02797.x     Document Type: Article

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