Conservation genetics of the endemic Azorean slug Plutonia atlantica (Mollusca, Pulmonata)

Biological Conservation

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 77-84

  Medeiros, Roberto ^a   Brito, Carlos ^a   Martins, Antonio M Frias ^a   Jordaens, Kurt ^b   Van Riel, Patrick ^b   De Wolf, Hans ^c   Breugelmans, Karin ^c   Backeljau, Thierry ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Allozyme electrophoresis; Azores; Management units; Plutonia atlantica; Population genetics

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION STATUS; ENDEMIC SPECIES; GENETIC VARIATION; SLUG;

AZORES;

GASTROPODA; PLUTONIA ATLANTICA; PULMONATA;

EID: 0034104121     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(99)00075-0     Document Type: Article

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