Population structure, diversity, and phylogeography in the near-threatened Eurasian black vultures Aegypius monachus (Falconiformes; Accipitridae) in Europe: Insights from microsatellite and mitochondrial DNA variation

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 859-872

  Poulakakis, Nikos ^a,b   Antoniou, Aglaia ^c   Mantziou, Georgia ^a   Parmakelis, Aris ^a   Skartsi, Theodora ^d   Vasilakis, Dimitris ^d   Elorriaga, Javier ^d   De La Puente, Javier ^e   Gavashelishvili, Alexander ^f   Ghasabyan, Mamikon ^g   Katzner, Todd ^h   McGrady, Michael ^h   Batbayar, Nyambayar ⁱ   Fuller, Mark ^j   Natsagdorj, Tseveenmyadag ^k  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

^d WWF Greece   (Greece)

^e SEO/BirdLife Melquiades Biencinto ^*  (Spain)

^f Georgian Center for the Conservation of Wildlife (GCCW)   (Georgia)

^g Armenian Society for the Protection of Birds   (Armenia)

^h Natural Research Ltd   (Austria)

ⁱ Mongolian Academy of Science   (Mongolia)

^j BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Mongolia)

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Author keywords

Conservation genetics; Nuclear DNA

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; CONSERVATION GENETICS; CONSERVATION STATUS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIATION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PALEARCTIC REGION; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RAPTOR; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ASIA; CAUCASUS; EURASIA; FAR EAST; MONGOLIA;

ACCIPITRIDAE; AEGYPIUS MONACHUS; FALCONIFORMES;

EID: 56649086458     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2008.01099.x     Document Type: Article

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