Gene flow and population structure of the endemic Azorean bat (Nyctalus azoreum) based on microsatellites: Implications for conservation

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1163-1171

  Salgueiro, Patrícia ^a   Palmeirim, Jorge M ^a   Ruedi, Manuel ^b   Coelho, M Manuela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b MUSÉUM D HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Azores; Chiroptera; Gene flow; Management unit; Microsatellites

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARCHIPELAGO; BAT; CONSERVATION GENETICS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDEMIC SPECIES; GENETIC MARKER; HETEROZYGOSITY; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SUBPOPULATION; TRANSLOCATION;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; AZORES; EURASIA; EUROPE; MACARONESIA; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

CHIROPTERA; NYCTALUS AZOREUM;

EID: 50249119060     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-007-9430-z     Document Type: Article

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