Population structure and loss of genetic diversity in the endangered white-headed duck, Oxyura leucocephala

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 999-1015

  Muñoz Fuentes, Violeta ^a   Green, Andy J ^a   Negro, Juan José ^a   Sorenson, Michael D ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

Bottleneck; mtDNA; Museum specimens; Oxyura; Phylogeography; Waterfowl; White headed duck

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED SPECIES; GENETIC VARIATION; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION STRUCTURE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

ANAS; ANATIDAE; OXYURA; OXYURA LEUCOCEPHALA;

EID: 33344471654     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-005-9093-6     Document Type: Article

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