Explaining Spatial Heterogeneity in Population Dynamics and Genetics from Spatial Variation in Resources for a Large Herbivore

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Contasti, Adrienne L ^a   Tissier, Emily J ^a   Johnstone, Jill F ^a   McLoughlin, Philip D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

ARTICLE; BEACH PEA; CANADA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FERAL HORSE; FORAGE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HABITAT QUALITY; HERBIVORE; HONCKENYA PEPLOIDES; HORSE; INBREEDING; ISLAND (GEOLOGICAL); LATHYRUS JAPONICAS; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GENETIC STRUCTURE; REPRODUCTION; SANDWORT; SPECIES HABITAT; SURVIVAL; WATER SUPPLY;

ANIMALS; CANADA; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; HERBIVORY; HORSES; INBREEDING; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; WATER;

EQUIDAE; HONCKENYA PEPLOIDES; LATHYRUS JAPONICUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84868296303     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0047858     Document Type: Article

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