The origin of captive Galápagos tortoises based on DNA analysis: Implications for the management of natural populations

Animal Conservation

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 329-337

  Burns, Catherine E ^a   Ciofi, Claudio ^a   Beheregaray, Luciano B ^a   Fritts, Thomas H ^b   Gibbs, James P ^c   Márquez, Cruz ^d   Milinkovitch, Michel C ^e   Powell, Jeffrey R ^a   Caccone, Adalgisa ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Charles Darwin Foundation   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d CHARLES DARWIN RESEARCH STATION   (Ecuador)

^e UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPTIVE BREEDING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GENETIC ANALYSIS; PROVENANCE; REPTILE;

ECUADOR; GALAPAGOS ISLANDS; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GEOCHELONE NIGRA; TESTUDINIDAE;

EID: 2942551710     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1367943003003408     Document Type: Article

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