Genetic differentiation of an endangered capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) population at the Southern edge of the species range

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 659-670

  Rodriguez Munoz R ^a   Mirol, P M ^b,f   Segelbacher, G ^c,d   Fernandez A ^e   Tregenza, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS VETERINARIAS   (Argentina)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^e DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^f MUSEO ARGENTINO DE CIENCIAS NATURALES BERNARDINO RIVADAVIA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Contact zone; ESU; Glaciation; Grouse; Hybrid zone; Refugia; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

CLADISTICS; CONTACT ZONE; EDGE EFFECT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDEMIC SPECIES; GAMEBIRD; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIATION; GLACIATION; HYBRID ZONE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; RANGE SIZE; REFUGIUM; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SPECIES CONSERVATION; TAXONOMY;

ALPS; BADEN-WURTTEMBERG; BLACK FOREST; CANTABRIAN MOUNTAINS; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; IBERIAN MASSIF; IBERIAN PENINSULA; NORTHERN EUROPE; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SCANDINAVIA; SIBERIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

AVES; TETRAO UROGALLUS; TETRAONIDAE;

EID: 34247618172     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-006-9212-z     Document Type: Article

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