Lesser Flamingo Phoenicopterus minor populations in eastern and southern Africa are not genetically isolated

Ostrich

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 165-170

  Zaccara, Serena ^a   Crosa, Giuseppe ^a   Childress, Brooks ^b,c   McCulloch, Graham ^d,e   Harper, David M ^c,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^b WILDFOWL AND WETLANDS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF PRIMATE RESEARCH   (Kenya)

^d TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^e Makgadikgadi Site Support Group   (Botswana)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOENICOPTERUS MINOR;

EID: 55949133488     PISSN: 00306525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/OSTRICH.2008.79.2.5.579     Document Type: Article

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