Genetic variability, body characteristics and reproductive parameters of neighbouring rural and urban common kestrel (Falco tinnuculus) populations

Population Ecology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 73-79

  Riegert, Jan ^a   Fainová, Drahomíra ^a   Bystřická, Dagmar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Assignment test; Genetic variability; Microsatellite; Population ecology; Raptor; Site fidelity

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; BODY CONDITION; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIATION; POLYMORPHISM; POPULATION ECOLOGY; RAPTOR; RELATEDNESS; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SITE FIDELITY;

FALCO; FALCO TINNUNCULUS; RAPTORES;

EID: 72949120362     PISSN: 14383896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10144-009-0168-y     Document Type: Article

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