Inbreeding and loss of genetic variation in a reintroduced population of Mauritius Kestrel

Conservation Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 395-404

  Ewing, Steven R ^a,c,e   Nager, Ruedi G ^a   Nicoll, Malcolm A C ^b   Aumjaud, Aurelien ^c   Jones, Carl G ^c,d   Keller, Lukas F ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c Mauritius Wildlife Foundation   (Mauritius)

^d DURRELL WILDLIFE CONSERVATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bambous Mountains; Conservation genetics; Effective population size; Endangered species; Falco punctatus; Gene drop analysis; Genetic variation; Inbreeding; Mauritius Kestrel; Pedigree

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION GENETICS; EFFECTIVE POPULATION SIZE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GENE; GENETIC VARIATION; INBREEDING; POPULATION BOTTLENECK; RAPTOR; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FALCONIFORMES; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; INBREEDING; MAURITIUS; METHODOLOGY; PEDIGREE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION GENETICS;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FALCONIFORMES; GENETICS, POPULATION; INBREEDING; MAURITIUS; PEDIGREE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

BAMBOUS MOUNTAINS; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MASCARENE ISLANDS; MAURITIUS;

FALCO PUNCTATUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 41849127783     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2008.00884.x     Document Type: Article

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