The Distribution and Dispersal of Pikas: Consequences of Insular Population Structure

Ecology ◽  
1974 ◽  
Vol 55 (5) ◽  
pp. 1112-1119 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew T. Smith
1983 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 161 ◽  
Author(s):  
GF Moran ◽  
SD Hopper

There are 15 populations of E. caesia Benth. on granite rocks in south-westem Australia which include a total of about 2120 plants. The level of genetic variation at 18 allozyme loci in 13 populations was estimated. Seven loci were monomorphic for all plants assayed. At a majority of the 11 polymorphic loci the level of polymorphism was very low in most populations. Within populations the mean number of alleles per locus was 1.31 and the genetic diversity 6.8%. However, populations differed markedly in allelic frequencies at a number of loci. The genetic diversity within populations was remarkably low for a tree species but the level of population differentiation was the highest reported for any tree species. The data suggest that genetic drift may in part have been responsible for the low overall genetic diversity and the extensive population differentiation. The optimal strategies for conservation of the genetic resources of this valuable ornamental are considered in the light of the results of this study.


2020 ◽  
Vol 52 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anpei Zhou ◽  
Dan Zong ◽  
Peihua Gan ◽  
Yao Zhang ◽  
Dan Li ◽  
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2011 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 102-114 ◽  
Author(s):  
Evgenyi N. Panov ◽  
Larissa Yu. Zykova

Field studies were conducted in Central Negev within the breeding range of Laudakia stellio brachydactyla and in NE Israel (Qyriat Shemona) in the range of an unnamed form (tentatively “Near-East Rock Agama”), during March – May 1996. Additional data have been collected in Jerusalem at a distance of ca. 110 km from the first and about 170 km from the second study sites. A total of 63 individuals were caught and examined. The animals were marked and their subsequent movements were followed. Social and signal behavior of both forms were described and compared. Lizards from Negev and Qyriat Shemona differ from each other sharply in external morphology, habitat preference, population structure, and behavior. The differences obviously exceed the subspecies level. At the same time, the lizards from Jerusalem tend to be intermediate morphologically between those from both above-named localities, which permits admitting the existence of a limited gene flow between lizard populations of Negev and northern Israel. The lizards from NE Israel apparently do not belong to the nominate subspecies of L. stellio and should be regarded as one more subspecies within the species.


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