Population biology of the wandering albatross (Diomedea exulans) in the Crozet and Kerguelen archipelagos, southern Indian Ocean, approached through genetic and demographic methods

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 272, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 20-29

  Bried, J ^a   Nicolaus, M ^b   Jarne, P ^b   Dubois, M P ^b   Jouventin, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Diomedea exulans; Inbreeding; Philopatry; Population structure; Wandering albatross

Indexed keywords

ARCHIPELAGO; DEMOGRAPHIC METHOD; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GENE FLOW; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIATION; INBREEDING; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; PHILOPATRY; POPULATION SIZE; SEABIRD;

CROZET ISLANDS; FRENCH SOUTHERN TERRITORIES; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; KERGUELEN ISLANDS; POSSESSION ISLAND [CROZET ISLANDS];

DIOMEDEA EXULANS;

EID: 34247395873     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2006.00242.x     Document Type: Article

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