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A forest butterfly in sahara desert oases: isolation does not matter.
The Journal of heredity - 1 Mar 2013
Habel Jan Christian, Husemann Martin, Schmitt Thomas, Dapporto Leonardo, Rödder Dennis, Vandewoestijne Sofie
Abstract excerpt
Numerous studies addressing the impact of habitat fragmentation on genetic diversity have been performed. In this study, we analyze the effects of a seemingly nonpermeable matrix on the population structure of the forest-dwelling butterfly Pararge aegeria in geographically isolated oases at the northern margin of the Sahara desert using microsatellites, morphological characters, and species distribution modeling....
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