Origin of, and conservation units in, the Irish red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) population

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1099-1109

  Finnegan, Laura A ^a   Edwards, Ceiridwen J ^a   Rochford, John M ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Conservation; Ireland; Mitochondrial DNA; Phylogeography; Postglacial colonisation; Sciurus vulgaris

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION GENETICS; POSTGLACIAL; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RODENT; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TRANSLOCATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

MAMMALIA; SCIURIDAE; SCIURUS VULGARIS; TAMIASCIURUS;

EID: 50249115576     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-007-9419-7     Document Type: Article

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