Genetic structure and evidence for recent population decline in Eurasian otter populations in the Czech and Slovak Republics: Implications for conservation

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 272, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-9

  Hajkova P ^a,b   Pertoldi, C ^c,d   Zemanova B ^a,b   Roche, K ^e,g   Hajek B ^f   Bryja, J ^a,b   Zima, J ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d D   (Denmark)

^e Czech Otter Foundation Fund   (Czech Republic)

^f THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^g ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bottleneck; Conservation management; Effective population size; Microsatellites; Non invasive genetic sampling; Population structure

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC HISTORY; EFFECTIVE POPULATION SIZE; EXTINCTION; FRAGMENTATION; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC STRUCTURE; HETEROZYGOSITY; MUSTELID; POPULATION BOTTLENECK; POPULATION DECLINE; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; CZECH REPUBLIC; EURASIA; EUROPE; SLOVAKIA;

CARNIVORA; LUTRA LUTRA; LUTRINAE;

EID: 34247325216     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2006.00259.x     Document Type: Article

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