Habitat connectivity, more than species' biology, influences genetic differentiation in a habitat specialist, the short-eared rock-wallaby (Petrogale brachyotis)

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 937-952

  Potter, Sally ^a,b   Eldridge, Mark D B ^b,c   Cooper, Steven J B ^a,d   Paplinska, Justyna Z ^e   Taggart, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Genetic diversity; Habitat connectivity; Microsatellites; Mitochondrial DNA; Petrogale brachyotis; Rock wallaby

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CONNECTIVITY; DISPERSAL; GENE FLOW; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC MARKER; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; MARSUPIAL; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SPECIALIST;

AUSTRALIA;

MAMMALIA; PETROGALE; PETROGALE BRACHYOTIS;

EID: 84864306775     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-012-0342-1     Document Type: Article

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