Captive management and molecular sexing of endangered avian species: An application to the black stilt Himantopus novaezelandiae and hybrids

Biological Conservation

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 81-86

  Millar, Craig D ^a,d   Reed, Christine E M ^b   Halverson, Joy L ^c   Lambert, David M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

^c PE Zoogen Incorporated   (United States)

^d MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Black stilt; Captive breeding; DNA; Endangered species management; Himantopus novaezelandiae; Sex assignment

Indexed keywords

BLACK STILT; CAPTIVE BREEDING; ENDANGERED BIRD; EXTINCTION RISK; SEXING TECHNIQUE;

ARIA; AVES; GALLIFORMES; HIMANTOPUS NOVAEZELANDIAE;

EID: 0030765492     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(96)00163-2     Document Type: Article

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