Loss of genetic diversity and increased genetic structuring in response to forest area reduction in a ground dwelling insect: A case study of the flightless carabid beetle Carabus problematicus (Coleoptera, Carabidae)

Insect Conservation and Diversity

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 473-482

  Gaublomme, Eva ^a,b   Maebe, Kevin ^a   Van Doninck, Karine ^c   Dhuyvetter, Hilde ^a   Li, Xiang ^c   Desender, Konjev ^a   Hendrickx, Frederik ^a,b  

^a ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Genetic differentiation; Ground beetle; Habitat fragmentation; Isolation; Microsatellites; Population genetics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880287872     PISSN: 1752458X     EISSN: 17524598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/icad.12002     Document Type: Article

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