Genetic variability in subpopulations of the asp viper (Vipera aspis) in the Swiss Jura mountains: Implications for a conservation strategy

Biological Conservation

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 69-77

  Jaggi C ^a   Wirth, T ^a   Baur, B ' ^a  

^a Sect Conserv Biol (NLU) Univ B   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Conservation strategy; Genetic variability; Random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD); Vipera aspis

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION PLANNING; GENETIC VARIATION; SNAKE; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

SWITZERLAND;

AMPHIBIA; REPTILIA; SERPENTES; VIPER; VIPERA ASPIS;

EID: 0343673973     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(99)00162-7     Document Type: Article

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