The population genetic structure of the Greater Rhea (Rhea americana) in an agricultural landscape

Biological Conservation

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 277-284

  Bouzat, Juan L ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

AMOVA; Fragmentation; Genetic diversity; RAPD; Rhea americana

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038466678     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(00)00193-2     Document Type: Article

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