Landscape genetics reveals unique and shared effects of urbanization for two sympatric pool‐breeding amphibians

JJ Homola, CS Loftin, MT Kinnison - Ecology and Evolution, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Metapopulation‐structured species can be negatively affected when landscape
fragmentation impairs connectivity. We investigated the effects of urbanization on genetic …

Divergent landscape effects on population connectivity in two co‐occurring amphibian species

JL Richardson - Molecular ecology, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
The physical and environmental attributes of landscapes often shape patterns of population
connectivity by influencing dispersal and gene flow. Landscape effects on movement are …

Using a comparative approach to investigate the relationship between landscape and genetic connectivity among woodland salamander populations

AC Cameron, RB Page, JI Watling, CAM Hickerson… - Conservation …, 2019 - Springer
For many amphibian species, reduced landscape connectivity results in reduced genetic
connectivity among populations. However, large effective population sizes (N e) slow the …

Population structure of spotted salamanders (Ambystoma maculatum) in a fragmented landscape

JL Purrenhage, PH Niewiarowski… - Molecular …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding the impacts of landscape‐level processes on the population biology of
amphibians is critical, especially for species inhabiting anthropogenically modified …

Altered functional connectivity and genetic diversity of a threatened salamander in an agroecosystem

JA Crawford, WE Peterman, AR Kuhns, LS Eggert - Landscape Ecology, 2016 - Springer
Context Amphibian metapopulations have become increasingly fragmented in the
Midwestern United States, with wetland-breeding salamanders being especially dependent …

Landscape genetics of high mountain frog metapopulations

MA Murphy, R Dezzani, DS Pilliod… - Molecular ecology, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Explaining functional connectivity among occupied habitats is crucial for understanding
metapopulation dynamics and species ecology. Landscape genetics has primarily focused …

Mountains as barriers to gene flow in amphibians: Quantifying the differential effect of a major mountain ridge on the genetic structure of four sympatric species with …

G Sánchez‐Montes, J Wang, AH Ariño… - Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Aim To test the role of mountains as barriers to gene flow in co‐distributed taxa with different
life history traits. Location Sierra de Guadarrama, Central Spain. Methods We used larval …

Limited effects of suburbanization on the genetic structure of an abundant vernal pool-breeding amphibian

CG Gabrielsen, AI Kovach, KJ Babbitt… - Conservation …, 2013 - Springer
Habitat fragmentation and degradation associated with suburbanization can have negative
consequences on population persistence through the reduction of dispersal and …

[HTML][HTML] How spatio-temporal habitat connectivity affects amphibian genetic structure

AG Watts, PE Schlichting, SM Billerman… - Frontiers in …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Heterogeneous landscapes and fluctuating environmental conditions can affect species
dispersal, population genetics, and genetic structure, yet understanding how biotic and …

Determinants of genetic diversity and species richness of North American amphibians

C Schmidt, J Munshi‐South, S Dray… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Ecological limits on population sizes and the number of species a region can sustain
are thought to simultaneously produce spatial patterns in population genetic diversity and …