Species-level view of population structure and gene flow for a critically endangered primate (Varecia variegata)

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 4, Issue 13, 2014, Pages 2675-2692

  Baden, Andrea L ^a,b   Holmes, Sheila M ^c   Johnson, Steig E ^c   Engberg, Shannon E ^d   Louis, Edward E ^d   Bradley, Brenda J ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d OMAHA'S HENRY DOORLY ZOO AND AQUARIUM   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation genetics; Dispersal; Genetic diversity; Lemur; Madagascar

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904015606     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.1119     Document Type: Article

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