Population boundaries and genetic diversity in the endangered Mariana crow (Corvus kubaryi)

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 941-949

  Tarr, C L ^a,b   Fleischer, R C ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation genetics; ESU; Island birds; Microsatellites; Minisatellites; MtDNA control region

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; MICROSATELLITE DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GENETICS; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BASE SEQUENCE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ECOSYSTEM; GUAM; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SONGBIRDS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

AVES; BOIGA IRREGULARIS; CORVUS KUBARYI; SERPENTES;

EID: 0033150447     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.1999.00644.x     Document Type: Article

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