Comparing the genetics of wild and captive populations of White-headed Ducks Oxyura leucocephala: Consequences for recovery programmes

Ibis

Volumn 150, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 807-815

  Muñoz Fuentes, Violeta ^a,c   Green, Andy J ^d   Sorenson, Michael D ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b Boston University   (United States)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Bottleneck; Drift; Inbreeding; Microsatellites; Mitochondrial DNA; Waterfowl

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; CAPTIVE BREEDING; CAPTIVE POPULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSERVATION GENETICS; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC MARKER; LOCAL EXTINCTION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; POPULATION BOTTLENECK; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; REINTRODUCTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WATERFOWL; WILD POPULATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

ANAS; ANATIDAE; AVES; OXYURA LEUCOCEPHALA;

EID: 52649137782     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2008.00866.x     Document Type: Article

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