Population genetics of Formica aquilonia wood ants in Scotland: The effects of long-term forest fragmentation and recent reforestation

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 853-868

  Vanhala, Tytti ^a,b   Watts, Kevin ^b   A'Hara, Stuart ^b   Cottrell, Joan ^b  

^a Vanhalytix ^*  (Sweden)

^b FOREST RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fragmentation; Gene flow; Genetic diversity; Reforestation; Relatedness

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROPHYTA; FORMICA AQUILONIA; FORMICIDAE;

EID: 84904550834     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-014-0584-1     Document Type: Article

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