Conservation priorities for chukar partridge in Israel based on genetic diversity across an ecological gradient

Conservation Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 542-552

  Kark, Salit ^a,b   Alkon, Philip U ^b   Safriel, Uriel N ^a,b   Randi, Ettore ^c  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c Istituto Nazionale per la Fauna Selvatica   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CONSERVATION; GENETIC VARIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION;

EID: 0032998777     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.1999.98150.x     Document Type: Article

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