A simulation-based evaluation of methods for inferring linear barriers to gene flow

Molecular Ecology Resources

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 822-833

  Blair, Christopher ^a,b   Weigel, Dana E ^c   Balazik, Matthew ^d   Keeley, Annika T H ^e   Walker, Faith M ^e   Landguth, Erin ^f   Cushman, Sam ^g   Murphy, Melanie ^h   Waits, Lisette ^c   Balkenhol, Niko ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^d VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^g ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bayesian; Boundary detection; CDPOP; Fragmentation; Genetic clustering; Individual based simulations

Indexed keywords

EID: 85027933518     PISSN: 1755098X     EISSN: 17550998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2012.03151.x     Document Type: Article

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