Genetic characteristics of introduced birds and mammals

Wildlife Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 159-164

  Sjöberg, Göran ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

founder effects; genetic variability; heterozygosity; inbreeding; number of alleles; species introductions; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

AVES; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0030434797     PISSN: 09096396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2981/wlb.1996.014     Document Type: Conference Paper

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