Combining genetic and ecological data to estimate sea turtle origins

Ecological Applications

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 315-325

  Okuyama, Toshinori ^a   Bolker, Benjamin M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian hierarchical model; Caretta caretta; Chelonia mydas; Ecological covariate; Genetic overlap; Mixed stock analysis; mtDNA haplotypes; Rookery; Sea turtles; Spatial population structure

Indexed keywords

GENETIC ANALYSIS; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; TURTLE;

CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIA MYDAS; CHELONIIDAE; MYDAS; TESTUDINES;

EID: 13944278562     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/03-5063     Document Type: Article

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