Genetic diversity of the great bustard in Iberia and Morocco: Risks from current population fragmentation

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 379-390

  Alonso, Juan C ^a   Martín, Carlos A ^a,b   Alonso, Javier A ^c   Palacín, Carlos ^a   Magaña, Marina ^a   Lieckfeldt, Dietmar ^d   Pitra, Christian ^d  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

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

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ZOO AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Genetic variation; Great bustard; Iberian Peninsula; Morocco; MtDNA; Otis tarda

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CONSERVATION GENETICS; DISPERSAL; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FRAGMENTATION; GAMEBIRD; GENE FLOW; GENETIC ISOLATION; GENETIC VARIATION; HOME RANGE; INBREEDING DEPRESSION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; POPULATION DECLINE; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

AFRICA; EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; MOROCCO; NORTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

OTIDIDAE; OTIS TARDA;

EID: 67349236124     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-008-9605-2     Document Type: Article

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