Long-term survival despite low genetic diversity in the critically endangered Madagascar fish-eagle

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 54-63

  Johnson, Jeff A ^a,b   Tingay, Ruth E ^a,c   Culver, Melanie ^d   Hailer, Frank ^e,f   Clarke, Michèle L ^g   Mindell, David P ^h  

^a THE PEREGRINE FUND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^c Natural Research Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^e UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^h CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation genetics; Effective population size; Genetic diversity; Haliaeetus; Madagascar; Microsatellite DNA

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; EAGLE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MADAGASCAR; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GENETICS;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; EAGLES; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; MADAGASCAR; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

AVES; HALIAEETUS; HALIAEETUS ALBICILLA; HALIAEETUS LEUCOCEPHALUS; HALIAEETUS VOCIFER; HALIAEETUS VOCIFEROIDES; RAPTORES;

EID: 58149092260     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2008.04012.x     Document Type: Article

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