Genetic variability of the threatened crayfish Austropotamobius italicus in Tuscany (Italy): Implications for its management

Fundamental and Applied Limnology

Volumn 173, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 153-164

  Bertocchi, Silvia ^a   Brusconi, Sara ^a   Gherardi, Francesca ^a   Grandjean, Frédéric ^b   Souty Grosset, Catherine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

Author keywords

Austropotamobius italicus; Conservation; Decapoda; Genetic diversity; Microsatellites; Mitochondrial DNA; Restocking; Threatened species

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CONSERVATION GENETICS; CRAYFISH; DEMOGRAPHY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIATION; HETEROZYGOSITY; INTRAPOPULATION VARIATION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; POPULATION DECLINE; REINTRODUCTION; RNA; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TUSCANY;

ASTACOIDEA; AUSTROPOTAMOBIUS ITALICUS;

EID: 62549125067     PISSN: 18639135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/1863-9135/2008/0173-0153     Document Type: Article

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