Environmental and topographic variables shape genetic structure and effective population sizes in the endangered Yosemite toad

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1033-1041

  Wang, Ian J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Conservation; Effective population size; F ST; GIS; Landscape genetics; N e; Population structure

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CONSERVATION GENETICS; EFFECTIVE POPULATION SIZE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GIS; TOAD; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES; YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BUFO; BUFO CANORUS;

EID: 84865860699     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2012.00897.x     Document Type: Article

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