Evaluating the demographic history of the Seychelles kestrel (Falco araea): Genetic evidence for recovery from a population bottleneck following minimal conservation management

Biological Conservation

Volumn 142, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2250-2257

  Groombridge, Jim J ^a,b   Dawson, Deborah A ^b   Burke, Terry ^b   Prys Jones, Robert ^c   Brooke, M de L ^d   Shah, Nirmal ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e NATURE SEYCHELLES   (Seychelles)

Author keywords

Bottleneck; Endemic island species; Genetic diversity; Museum DNA

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION GENETICS; DEMOGRAPHIC HISTORY; DNA; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDEMIC SPECIES; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FIELD SURVEY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIATION; HISTORICAL RECORD; ISLAND; MUSEUM; POPULATION BOTTLENECK; POPULATION SIZE; RAPTOR; SPECIES CONSERVATION; VULNERABILITY;

FALCO ARAEA;

EID: 68549104145     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2009.04.026     Document Type: Article

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