It's not too late for the harpy eagle (Harpia harpyja): High levels of genetic diversity and differentiation can fuel conservation programs

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2009, Pages

  Lerner, Heather R L ^a,b   Johnson, Jeff A ^b,c   Lindsay, Alec R ^b,d   Kiff, Lloyd F ^e   Mindell, David P ^b,f  

^a SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^d NORTHERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e THE PEREGRINE FUND   (United States)

^f CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CENTRAL AMERICA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EAGLE; GENE FLOW; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); HABITAT STRUCTURE; HAPLOTYPE; HARPIA HARPYJA; MONOPHYLY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; POPULATION SIZE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOUTH AMERICA; SPECIES COMPARISON; ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEMALE; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; MITOCHONDRION; SPECIES EXTINCTION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

HARPIA HARPYJA; RAPTORES;

ANIMALS; CENTRAL AMERICA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; EAGLES; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; FEMALE; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIATION; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPES; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MITOCHONDRIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 70350005225     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0007336     Document Type: Article

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