A practical toolbox for design and analysis of landscape genetics studies

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1487-1504

  Hall, Laurie A ^a   Beissinger, Steven R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Genetic distance; Gravity model; Landscape ecology; Landscape genetics; Landscape genomics; Least cost path; Network model; Population genetics; Resistance surface

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKER; COMPLEXITY; DATA SET; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; POPULATION GENETICS; SIMULATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 85027944484     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: 15729761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-014-0082-3     Document Type: Article

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