Conservation genetics of the threatened horned grebe (Podiceps auritus L.) population of the Magdalen Islands, Québec

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 539-550

  Boulet, Marylène ^a   Potvin, Catherine ^a   Shaffer, François ^b   Breault, André ^b   Bernatchez, Louis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amplified fragment length polymorphism; Conservation unit; Magdalen Islands; Mitochondrial DNA; Podiceps auritus

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION GENETICS; CONSERVATION STATUS; GENETIC VARIATION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; WATERFOWL;

CANADA; MAGDALEN ISLANDS; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

PODICEPS AURITUS;

EID: 30144435561     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-005-9008-6     Document Type: Article

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