Habitat fragmentation in coastal southern California disrupts genetic connectivity in the cactus wren (Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus)

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 2349-2363

  Barr, Kelly R ^a   Kus, Barbara E ^a   Preston, Kristine L ^a   Howell, Scarlett ^a   Perkins, Emily ^a   Vandergast, Amy G ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

coastal sage scrub; conservation; habitat loss; landscape genetics; songbird; wildfire

Indexed keywords

CAMPYLORHYNCHUS; CAMPYLORHYNCHUS BRUNNEICAPILLUS; PASSERI;

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ALLELE; ANIMAL; BAYES THEOREM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; POPULATION GENETICS; SONGBIRD; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; URBANIZATION;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; CALIFORNIA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SONGBIRDS; URBANIZATION;

EID: 84928354206     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.13176     Document Type: Article

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