Two sibling species sympatrically breeding: A new conservation concern for the critically endangered Balearic shearwater

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 601-606

  Genovart, Meritxell ^a   Juste, Javier ^b   Oro, Daniel ^a  

^a INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Conservation; mtDNA; Shearwater

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION GENETICS; CONSERVATION STATUS; HYBRIDIZATION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; SEABIRD; SYMPATRY;

BALEARIC ISLANDS; EURASIA; EUROPE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

AVES; CICONIIFORMES; PUFFINUS; PUFFINUS MAURETANICUS; PUFFINUS YELKOUAN;

EID: 30144445536     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-005-9010-z     Document Type: Article

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