Habitat fragmentation and genetic variability of tetrapod populations

Animal Conservation

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 249-258

  Rivera Ortiz F A ^a,b   Aguilar, R ^c   Arizmendi, M D C ^d   Quesada, M ^a,b   Oyama, K ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ECOSISTEMAS Y SUSTENTABILIDAD   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE MATEMÁTICAS   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic landscapes; Conservation genetics; Genetic diversity; Habitat fragmentation; Life history traits; Meta analysis; Tetrapods; Vagility

Indexed keywords

GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FLOW; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; META-ANALYSIS; POPULATION GENETICS; TETRAPOD;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; AVES; MAMMALIA; TETRAPODA;

EID: 84930414406     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: 14691795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acv.12165     Document Type: Article

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