Characterisation of 13 microsatellite loci for the Moluccan Cockatoo, Cacatua moluccensis, and Cuban Amazon, Amazona leucocephala, and their conservation and utility in other parrot species (Psittaciformes)

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 991-994

  Taylor, Tiawanna D ^a,b   Parkin, David T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cuban Amazon; Microsatellites; Moluccan Cockatoo; Psittaciformes

Indexed keywords

BIRD; FORENSIC SCIENCE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

AMAZONA LEUCOCEPHALA; CACATUA MOLUCCENSIS; PSITTACIDAE; PSITTACIFORMES;

EID: 34547129325     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-006-9211-0     Document Type: Article

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