Harlequin Duck recovery from the Exxon Valdez oil spill: A population genetics perspective

Auk

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 781-791

  Lanctot, Richard ^a   Goatcher, Buddy ^b,d   Scribner, Kim ^a,e   Talbot, Sandy ^a   Pierson, Barbara ^a   Esler, Daniel ^a   Zwiefelhofer, Denny ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b Katmai National Park   (United States)

^c Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge   (United States)

^d Ecological Services   (United States)

^e MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; POPULATION GENETICS; WATERFOWL;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES;

ANAS; ANAS SP.; ANSER; AVES; HISTRIONICUS; HISTRIONICUS HISTRIONICUS;

EID: 0032842076     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4089338     Document Type: Article

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