Genetic structure of the marsh frog (Pelophylax ridibundus) populations in urban landscape

European Journal of Wildlife Research

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 833-845

  Mikulíček, Peter ^a,b   Pišút, Peter ^a  

^a Faculty of Natural Sciences   (Slovakia)

^b INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Genetic differentiation; Habitat fragmentation; Microsatellites; Rana ridibunda; Ranidae; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

ANURA; PELOPHYLAX; RANA RIDIBUNDA; RANIDAE;

EID: 84866742392     PISSN: 16124642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10344-012-0631-5     Document Type: Article

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