Limited influence of local and landscape factors on finescale gene flow in two pond-breeding amphibians

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 742-758

  Coster, Stephanie S ^a   Babbitt, Kimberly J ^a   Cooper, Andrew ^b   Kovach, Adrienne I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ambystoma maculatum; functional connectivity; landscape genetics; Lithobates sylvaticus; multiple scales; network analysis

Indexed keywords

AMBYSTOMA MACULATUM; AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; LITHOBATES; RANA SYLVATICA;

ALGORITHM; AMBYSTOMA; ANIMAL; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; GENE FLOW; GENETICS; MAINE; POND; POPULATION GENETICS; RANIDAE; UNITED STATES;

ALGORITHMS; AMBYSTOMA; ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; ECOSYSTEM; GENE FLOW; GENETICS, POPULATION; MAINE; MODELS, GENETIC; PONDS; RANIDAE;

EID: 84923022405     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.13062     Document Type: Article

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