In situ population structure and ex situ representation of the endangered Amur tiger

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 3173-3184

  Henry, P ^a   Miquelle, D ^d   Sugimoto, T ^c   McCullough, D R ^e   Caccone, A ^b   Russello, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bottleneck; Captive; Conservation genetic; Microsatellite; Panthera tigris altaica; Population genetic structure

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GENETICS; TIGER; ZOO ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TIGERS;

FELIDAE; PANTHERA; PANTHERA TIGRIS ALTAICA;

EID: 68149154554     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04266.x     Document Type: Article

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