Genetic structure of Greater Rhea (Rhea americana) populations in two regions with different land-uses in central Argentina

Emu

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 214-221

  Roldán, Virginia Alonso ^a,c   Fraire, Hernán Rossi ^b   Navarro, Joaquín Luis ^a   Gardenal, Cristina Noemí ^b   Martella, Mónica Beatriz ^a  

^a CENTRO DE ZOOLOGÍA APLICADA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^c CENTRO NACIONAL PATAGÓNICO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Conservation; Gene flow; Grassland; Habitat loss; Issr

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOMARKER; BIRD; FLIGHTLESSNESS; GENE FLOW; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GRASSLAND; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT SELECTION; LAND USE PLANNING; POLYMORPHISM; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

RHEA; RHEA AMERICANA;

EID: 70349197977     PISSN: 01584197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MU08073     Document Type: Article

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