How does genetic diversity change towards the range periphery? An empirical and theoretical test

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 391-414

  Kark, Salit ^a   Hadany, Lilach ^b   Safriel, Uriel N ^a   Noy Meir, Imanuel ^a   Eldredge, Niles ^c   Tabarroni, Cristiano ^d,e   Randi, Ettore ^d  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^d Istituto Nazionale per la Fauna Selvatica   (Italy)

^e NGB Genetics srl   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alectoris chukar; Distribution range; Genetic diversity; Israel; Range periphery; Sub periphery

Indexed keywords

ALECTORIS; ALECTORIS CHUKAR;

EID: 43749084883     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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