Patterns of reproductive success and genetic variability in a translocated iguana population

Herpetologica

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 195-202

  Knapp, Charles R ^a,b   Malone, Catherine L ^c,d  

^a John G Shedd Aquarium ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation; Cyclura; Iguana; Microsatellite; Reproduction; Translocation

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIATION; LIZARD; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; TRANSLOCATION;

AMPHIBIA; CYCLURA; CYCLURA CYCHLURA; CYCLURA CYCHLURA INORNATA; IGUANA; IGUANIA; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0038444177     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1655/0018-0831(2003)059[0195:PORSAG]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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