Species- and sex-specific connectivity effects of habitat fragmentation in a suite of woodland birds

Ecology

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1556-1568

  Amos, J Nevil ^a   Harrisson, Katherine A ^a   Radford, James Q ^b,e   White, Matt ^c   Newell, Graeme ^c   Nally, Ralph Mac ^d   Sunnucks, Paul ^a   Pavlova, Alexandra ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c ARTHUR RYLAH INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^e Bush Heritage Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Circuitscape; Dispersal; Functional connectivity; Habitat fragmentation; Isolation by resistance; Isolation bydistance; Landscape genetics; Philopatry; Structural connectivity; Victoria; Woodland birds

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CONNECTIVITY; CONSERVATION GENETICS; GENE FLOW; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; PHILOPATRY; POPULATION GENETICS; VIABILITY; WOODLAND;

AUSTRALIA; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GENE FLOW; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SONGBIRD; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TREE;

ANIMALS; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GENE FLOW; GENOTYPE; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PASSERIFORMES; SEX FACTORS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TREES;

EID: 84903511073     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/13-1328.1     Document Type: Article

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