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...

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Main Authors: Boomsma Jacobus J, Nielsen Per S, Ugelvig Line V, Nash David R
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-07-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/11/201