Immigration as a possible rescue of a reduced population of a long-distant migratory bird: Reed warblers in the Azraq Oasis, Jordan

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 72, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1184-1192

  Prochazka P ^a   Bellinvia, E ^a   Fainova D ^a,b   Hajkova P ^a   Elhalah, A ^c   Alomari, K ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^c ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE CONSERVATION OF NATURE   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Acrocephalus scirpaceus; Bottleneck; Gene flow; Genetic drift; Genetic rescue; Microsatellite

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ALLELE; BREEDING SITE; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; GENE FLOW; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC VARIATION; GROUNDWATER ABSTRACTION; IMMIGRATION; MIGRATORY SPECIES; POPULATION BOTTLENECK; POPULATION SIZE; SONGBIRD;

ASIA; AZRAQ OASIS; EURASIA; JORDAN; MIDDLE EAST; ZARQA;

ACROCEPHALUS; ACROCEPHALUS SCIRPACEUS; AVES;

EID: 44149114461     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2008.02.005     Document Type: Article

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