Genetic rescue of an inbred captive population of the critically endangered Puerto Rican crested toad (Peltophryne lemur) by mixing lineages

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 21-32

  Beauclerc, Kaela B ^a   Johnson, Bob ^b   White, Bradley N ^a  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b TORONTO ZOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Captive breeding; Conservation genetics; Microsatellite loci; Mitochondrial DNA; Peltophryne lemur; Reintroduction

Indexed keywords

CAPTIVE BREEDING; CAPTIVE POPULATION; CONSERVATION GENETICS; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENOTYPE; HABITAT LOSS; INVASIVE SPECIES; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; POPULATION DECLINE; REINTRODUCTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TOAD; WILD POPULATION;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; BUFO LEMUR; STREPSIRHINI;

EID: 74749095052     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-008-9782-z     Document Type: Article

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