Assessment of game restocking contributions to anthropogenic hybridization: The case of the Iberian red-legged partridge

Animal Conservation

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 535-545

  Blanco Aguiar, Jose A ^a   Gonzalez Jara P ^a   Ferrero, M E ^a   Sanchez Barbudo I ^a   Virgos E ^a   Villafuerte, R ^a   Davila J A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alectoris chukar; Alectoris rufa; Cytochrome b; Game management; Introgression; Supplemental stocking

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CYTOCHROME; GAMEBIRD; HYBRIDIZATION; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; INTROGRESSION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; POLYMORPHISM; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION GENETICS; SPECIES CONCEPT; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; STOCK ASSESSMENT; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ALECTORIS CHUKAR; ALECTORIS RUFA;

EID: 58149084185     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: 14691795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1795.2008.00212.x     Document Type: Article

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