Ecological resistance surfaces predict fine-scale genetic differentiation in a terrestrial woodland salamander

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2402-2413

  Peterman, William E ^a   Connette, Grant M ^b   Semlitsch, Raymond D ^b   Eggert, Lori S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

amphibian; circuitscape resistance; compensatory movement; landscape genetics; Plethodon albagula; resistance optimization

Indexed keywords

WATER;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CIRCUITSCAPE RESISTANCE; COMPENSATORY MOVEMENT; ECOSYSTEM; GENE FLOW; GENETICS; LANDSCAPE GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLETHODON ALBAGULA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GENETICS; RESISTANCE OPTIMIZATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; URODELA;

AMPHIBIAN; CIRCUITSCAPE RESISTANCE; COMPENSATORY MOVEMENT; LANDSCAPE GENETICS; PLETHODON ALBAGULA; RESISTANCE OPTIMIZATION;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; GENE FLOW; GENETICS, POPULATION; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, GENETIC; POPULATION DYNAMICS; URODELA; WATER;

EID: 84900798723     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.12747     Document Type: Article

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