The seabird paradox: Dispersal, genetic structure and population dynamics in a highly mobile, but philopatric albatross species

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1658-1673

  Milot, Emmanuel ^a   Weimerskirch, Henri ^b   Bernatchez, Louis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

AFLP; Dispersal; Genetic structure; Metapopulation; Migration drift equilibrium; Wandering albatross

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRD; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION MIGRATION;

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM ANALYSIS; ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BIRDS; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETICS, POPULATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

AVES; DIOMEDEA EXULANS; DIOMEDEIDAE;

EID: 41149158661     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2008.03700.x     Document Type: Article

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