Conservation and management of peripheral populations: Spatial and temporal influences on the genetic structure of wood frog (Rana sylvatica) populations

Biological Conservation

Volumn 158, Issue , 2013, Pages 351-358

  Peterman, William E ^a   Feist, Sheena M ^a   Semlitsch, Raymond D ^a   Eggert, Lori S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene flow; Isolation by distance; Microsatellites; Population genetic structure; Range margin

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION GENETICS; EDGE EFFECT; FROG; GENE FLOW; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIATION; INTERPOLATION; PERIPHERAL REGION; POPULATION DECLINE; RANGE EXPANSION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

MISSOURI; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84875078800     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2012.07.028     Document Type: Article

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