Pronounced differences in genetic structure despite overall ecological similarity for two Ambystoma salamanders in the same landscape

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 573-591

  Whiteley, Andrew R ^a   McGarigal, Kevin ^a   Schwartz, Michael K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambystoma; Effective number of breeders; Full sibling families; Genetic structure; Life history

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; BREEDING SITE; DISPERSAL; EFFECTIVE POPULATION SIZE; GENERATION TIME; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; LANDSCAPE; LIFE HISTORY; POND; SITE FIDELITY;

MASSACHUSETTS; UNITED STATES;

AMBYSTOMA; AMBYSTOMA MACULATUM; AMBYSTOMA OPACUM; AMPHIBIA; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 84900471431     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-014-0562-7     Document Type: Article

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