High gene diversity at swarming sites suggest hot spots for gene flow in the endangered Bechstein's bat

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 491-499

  Kerth, Gerald ^a   Kiefer, Andreas ^b   Trappmann, Carsten ^c   Weishaar, Manfred ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^d NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bats; Conservation; Dispersal; Genetic variability; Mating

Indexed keywords

DNA; GENES;

MICROSATELLITES;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

BAT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIATION; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

MAMMALIA; TRANSPOSONS;

EID: 0042066757     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024771713152     Document Type: Article

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