Divergent landscape effects on population connectivity in two co-occurring amphibian species

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 18, 2012, Pages 4437-4451

  Richardson, Jonathan L ^a  

^a Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambystoma; dispersal; fragmentation; gene flow; landscape genetics; Lithobates sylvaticus; pond breeding; Rana

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

AMBYSTOMA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; POND; POPULATION GENETICS; RANIDAE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

AMBYSTOMA; ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; ECOSYSTEM; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MODELS, GENETIC; NEW ENGLAND; PONDS; RANIDAE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

AMBYSTOMA; AMBYSTOMA MACULATUM; AMPHIBIA; ANURA; LITHOBATES; RANA SYLVATICA; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 84866254565     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2012.05708.x     Document Type: Article

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