Mechanistic insights into landscape genetic structure of two tropical amphibians using field-derived resistance surfaces

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 580-595

  Nowakowski, A Justin ^a   Dewoody, J Andrew ^b,c   Fagan, Matthew E ^d   Willoughby, Janna R ^b   Donnelly, Maureen A ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

connectivity; field experiments; fragmentation; gene flow; land use; microclimate

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; DENDROBATIDAE;

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ANURA; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COSTA RICA; ECOSYSTEM; GENE FLOW; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION GENETICS; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ANIMALS; ANURA; BAYES THEOREM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COSTA RICA; ECOSYSTEM; GENE FLOW; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MODELS, GENETIC; POPULATION DENSITY; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 84925273884     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.13052     Document Type: Article

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