Limited effects of suburbanization on the genetic structure of an abundant vernal pool-breeding amphibian

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1083-1097

  Gabrielsen, Charlotte G ^a   Kovach, Adrienne I ^a   Babbitt, Kimberly J ^a   McDowell, William H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Habitat fragmentation; Landscape genetics; Lithobates sylvaticus; Roads; Water quality; Wood frog

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AMPHIBIAN; AUTOCORRELATION; DISPERSAL; FROG; GENE FLOW; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; HYDROPERIOD; LANDSCAPE; PERSISTENCE; SUBURBANIZATION; WATER QUALITY;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; LITHOBATES; RANA SYLVATICA;

EID: 84884906096     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-013-0497-4     Document Type: Article

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