Landscape determinants of fine-scale genetic structure of a small rodent in a heterogeneous landscape (Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park, South Africa)

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Russo, Isa Rita M ^a   Sole, Catherine L ^b   Barbato, Mario ^a,d   Von Bramann, Ullrich ^c   Bruford, Michael W ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; DISEASE CARRIER; ECOSYSTEM; GENE FLOW; GENETICS; HUMAN; LASSA FEVER; LASSA VIRUS; MURINE; PATHOGENICITY; POPULATION GENETICS; SOUTH AFRICA; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; ECOSYSTEM; GENE FLOW; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; LASSA FEVER; LASSA VIRUS; MURINAE; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84978870322     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep29168     Document Type: Article

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