What genetics tell us about the conservation of the critically endangered Balearic Shearwater?

Biological Conservation

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 283-293

  Genovart, Meritxell ^a,b   Oro, Daniel ^a   Juste, Javier ^c   Bertorelle, Giorgio ^b  

^a INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^c DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Conservation genetics; Introgression; Population expansion; Population structure; Puffinus mauretanicus

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION GENETICS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GENETIC VARIATION; INTROGRESSION; MIGRATION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PHILOPATRY; PLEISTOCENE; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SEABIRD; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

PUFFINUS MAURETANICUS;

EID: 34247147951     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2007.02.016     Document Type: Article

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