Reconstructing eight decades of genetic variation in an isolated Danish population of the large blue butterfly <it>Maculinea arion</it>
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Fragmentation of terrestrial ecosystems has had detrimental effects on metapopulations of habitat specialists. <it>Maculinea </it>butterflies have been particularly affected because of their specialized lifecycles, requir...
Main Authors: | Boomsma Jacobus J, Nielsen Per S, Ugelvig Line V, Nash David R |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2011-07-01
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Series: | BMC Evolutionary Biology |
Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/11/201 |
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