Landscape genetics of a top neotropical predator

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 24, 2012, Pages 5969-5985

  Perez Espona S ^a   McLeod, J E ^b   Franks, N R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

army ant; conservation; deforestation; dispersal; Eciton burchellii; gene flow; Geographical Information Systems; microsatellites; mitochondrial DNA

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GENE FLOW; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PANAMA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GENETICS; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ANIMALS; ANTS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GENE FLOW; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PANAMA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

ECITON BURCHELLI; HEXAPODA;

EID: 84870932321     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.12088     Document Type: Article

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