Molecular status of the dusky Canada goose (Branta canadensis occidentalis): A genetic assessment of a translocation effort

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 367-381

  Talbot, Sandra L ^a   Pearce, John M ^a   Pierson, Barbara J ^a   Derksen, Dirk V ^a   Scribner, Kim T ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bottleneck; Branta canadensis; Insular populations; Philopatry; Translocations

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMARKERS; DNA; GENETIC ENGINEERING; RIVERS;

NUCLEAR MARKERS;

CONSERVATION;

GAMEBIRD; GENETICS; POPULATION BOTTLENECK; POPULATION DECLINE; TRANSLOCATION;

GULF OF ALASKA; UNITED STATES;

ANSER; ANSER SP.; AVES; BRANTA; BRANTA CANADENSIS; BRANTA CANADENSIS OCCIDENTALIS;

EID: 0013457066     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024041702616     Document Type: Article

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