Early colonisation population structure of a Norway rat island invasion

Biological Invasions

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1557-1567

  Russell, James C ^a   Abdelkrim, Jawad ^b,c   Fewster, Rachel M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bottleneck; Catch effort; Founder effect; Inbreeding; Parentage; Removal

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; FOUNDER EFFECT; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; INBREEDING; INVASIVE SPECIES; ISLAND; MATING BEHAVIOR; PARENTAGE; PEST CONTROL; POPULATION SIZE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RODENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 70350654482     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-008-9406-z     Document Type: Article

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