Gene flow in great bustard populations across the Strait of Gibraltar as elucidated from excremental PCR and mtDNA sequencing

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 793-800

  Broderick, D ^a,c   Idaghdour, Y ^a   Korrida, A ^a   Hellmich, J ^b  

^a Intl Found Conserv Devmt Wildl   (Morocco)

^b Desert Ecology Research Station   (Morocco)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Faeces; Gene flow; mtDNA; Non invasive genetics; Otis tarda

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CONSERVATION GENETICS; DNA; FECES; GENE FLOW; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR;

AVES; OTIDIDAE; OTIS TARDA;

EID: 1642444048     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:COGE.0000006111.65204.c9     Document Type: Article

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