Disrupted fine-scale population processes in fragmented landscapes despite large-scale genetic connectivity for a widespread and common cooperative breeder: The superb fairy-wren (Malurus cyaneus)

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 322-333

  Harrisson, Katherine A ^a   Pavlova, Alexandra ^a   Amos, J Nevil ^a   Takeuchi, Naoko ^a   Lill, Alan ^a   Radford, James Q ^b,c   Sunnucks, Paul ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Bush Heritage Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

Circuitscape; Landscape connectivity; Molecular ecology; Spatial autocorrelation; Woodland birds

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL LAND; ASSESSMENT METHOD; AUTOCORRELATION; CLASSIFICATION; CONSERVATION GENETICS; GENE FLOW; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LANDSCAPE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PASSERINE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; TOLERANCE; VEGETATION COVER; WOODLAND;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CIRCUITSCAPE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GENE FLOW; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; LANDSCAPE CONNECTIVITY; MALE; MOLECULAR ECOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SONGBIRD; SPATIAL AUTOCORRELATION; TIME; WOODLAND BIRDS;

CIRCUITSCAPE; LANDSCAPE CONNECTIVITY; MOLECULAR ECOLOGY; SPATIAL AUTOCORRELATION; WOODLAND BIRDS;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GENE FLOW; GENETIC MARKERS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PASSERIFORMES; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TIME FACTORS;

AUSTRALIA; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

ANIMALIA; AVES; MALURUS CYANEUS; TROGLODYTINAE;

EID: 84873991625     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12007     Document Type: Article

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