Low genetic variability in the Hawaiian monk seal

Conservation Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 482-490

  Kretzmann, Maria B ^a   Gilmartin, William G ^b   Meyer, Axel ^c   Zegers, Gerard P ^d   Fain, Steven R ^a   Taylor, Bruce F ^b   Costa, Daniel P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Hawaii Wildlife Fund   (United States)

^d US Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED MAMMAL; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GENETIC VARIATION; HAWAIIAN MONK SEAL; INBREEDING; MAMMALS; POPULATION GENETICS; SEALS;

PACIFIC, HAWAIIAN ISLANDS;

MONACHUS SCHAUINSLANDI;

EID: 0030617773     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.1997.96031.x     Document Type: Article

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