Low genetic diversity and lack of population structure in the endangered Galápagos penguin (Spheniscus mendiculus)

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1413-1420

  Nims, Benjamin D ^a   Vargas, F Hernán ^b,c   Merkel, Jane ^a,d   Parker, Patricia G ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b CHARLES DARWIN RESEARCH STATION   (Ecuador)

^c Peregrine Fund/Fondo Peregrino Panamá ^*  (Panama)

^d SAINT LOUIS ZOO   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation; Gal pagos Islands; Gal pagos penguin; Population genetic structure Spheniscus mendiculus

Indexed keywords

ARCHIPELAGO; BREEDING SITE; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GENE FLOW; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC VARIATION; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HETEROGENEITY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; JUVENILE; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MATE FIDELITY; MIGRATION; PHILOPATRY; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; REPRODUCTION; SEABIRD; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ECUADOR; GALAPAGOS ISLANDS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH AMERICA;

SPHENISCIDAE; SPHENISCUS MENDICULUS;

EID: 54249099825     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-007-9465-1     Document Type: Article

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