Population bottlenecks: The importance of looking beyond genetics

Animal Conservation

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 17-18

  Hawley, D M ^a,b  

^a SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33846677071     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: 14691795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1795.2006.00094.x     Document Type: Note

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