Characterizing dispersal patterns in a threatened seabird with limited genetic structure

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 24, 2009, Pages 5074-5085

  Hall, Laurie A ^a   PalsbØll, Per J ^b   Beissinger, Steven R ^c   Harvey, James T ^a   BÉrubÉ, Martine ^b   Raphael, Martin G ^d   Nelson, S Kim ^e   Golightly, Richard T ^f   McFarlane Tranquilla, Laura ^g   Newman, Scott H ^h   Peery, M Zachariah ⁱ  

^a MOSS LANDING MARINE LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^e OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^h FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Age biased dispersal; Assignment methods; Brachyramphus marmoratus; Marbled murrelet; Microsatellites; Migrants; Sex biased dispersal

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHARADRIIFORMES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION MIGRATION; SEASON;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; CHARADRIIFORMES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FEMALE; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MODELS, GENETIC; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

AVES; BRACHYRAMPHUS; BRACHYRAMPHUS MARMORATUS;

EID: 71549153551     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04416.x     Document Type: Article

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