Gene Flow of a Forest-Dependent Bird across a Fragmented Landscape.

ABSTRACT: Habitat loss and fragmentation can affect the persistence of populations by reducing connectivity and restricting the ability of individuals to disperse across landscapes. Dispersal corridors promote population connectivity and therefore play important roles in maintaining gene flow in natural populations inhabiting fragmented landscapes. In the prairies, forests are restricted to riparian areas along river systems which act as important dispersal corridors for forest dependent species across large expanses of unsuitable grassland habitat. However, natural and anthropogenic barriers within riparian systems have fragmented these forested habitats. In this study, we used microsatellite markers to assess the fine-scale genetic structure of a forest-dependent species, the black-capped chickade

SUBMITTER: Adams RV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4651334 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature