When the shoe doesn't fit: Applying conservation unit concepts to western painted turtles at their northern periphery

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 261-274

  Jensen, Evelyn L ^a   Govindarajulu, Purnima ^b   Russello, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Ministry of Environment British Columbia   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chrysemys picta; Demographic history; Designatable unit; Evolutionarily significant unit; Management unit; Peripheral population

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION GENETICS; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIATION; GUIDELINE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PERIPHERAL REGION; TURTLE;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

EID: 84896327172     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-013-0535-2     Document Type: Article

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