Limited genetic differentiation among breeding, molting, and wintering groups of the threatened Steller's eider: The role of historic and contemporary factors

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 743-757

  Pearce, John M ^a   Talbot, Sandra L ^a   Petersen, Margaret R ^a   Rearick, Jolene R ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Microsatellites; Mitochondrial DNA; Polysticta stelleri; Population differentiation; Sea duck; Steller's eider

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; CONSERVATION GENETICS; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; MOLT; OVERWINTERING; WATERFOWL;

ALASKA; EURASIA; NORTH AMERICA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; UNITED STATES;

AVES; POLYSTICTA STELLERI;

EID: 30144432228     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-005-9034-4     Document Type: Article

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