Rodrigues fruit bats (Pteropus rodricensis, Megachiroptera: Pteropodidae) retain genetic diversity despite population declines and founder events

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1073-1082

  O'Brien, John ^a,b   McCracken, Gary F ^c   Say, Ludovic ^d   Hayden, Thomas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b Dublin Zoo   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Bottleneck; Captive breeding; Fruit bats; Microsatellites

Indexed keywords

BAT; CAPTIVE BREEDING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXTINCTION RISK; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC VARIATION; POPULATION BOTTLENECK; POPULATION DECLINE; WILD POPULATION;

MEGACHIROPTERA; PTEROPODIDAE; PTEROPUS; PTEROPUS RODRICENSIS;

EID: 34547477065     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-006-9263-1     Document Type: Article

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