Phylogeography of the New Zealand blue duck (Hymenolaimus malacorhynchos): Implications for translocation and species recovery

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1431-1440

  Robertson, Bruce C ^a   Steeves, Tammy E ^a   McBride, Katherine P ^a   Goldstien, Sharyn J ^a   Williams, Murray ^b,c   Gemmell, Neil J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

^c VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Blue ducks; Conservation; Mitochondrial control region; Phylogeography; Species management; Translocation

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DISPERSAL; DIVERGENCE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC STRUCTURE; ISOLATION EFFECT; LOCAL ADAPTATION; MITOCHONDRION; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TRANSLOCATION; WATERFOWL;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

ANAS; HYMENOLAIMUS MALACORHYNCHUS;

EID: 36148967689     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-007-9294-2     Document Type: Article

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