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Molecular and ecological evidence for small-scale isolation by distance in an endangered damselfly, Coenagrion mercuriale.
Molecular ecology - 1 Oct 2004
Watts P C, Rouquette J R, Saccheri I J, Kemp S J, Thompson D J
Abstract excerpt
Coenagrion mercuriale (Charpentier) (Odonata: Zygoptera) is one of Europe's most threatened damselflies and is listed in the European Habitats directive. We combined an intensive mark-release-recapture (MRR) study with a microsatellite-based genetic analysis for C. mercuriale from the Itchen Valley, UK, as part of an effort to understand the dispersal characteristics of this protected species. MRR data indicate...
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