Genetic analyses of historic and modern marbled murrelets suggest decoupling of migration and gene flow after habitat fragmentation

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 277, Issue 1682, 2010, Pages 697-706

  Peery, M Zachariah ^a,b   Hall, Laurie A ^c,d   Sellas, Anna ^b   Beissinger, Steven R ^b,d   Moritz, Craig ^b   Bérubé, Martine ^d,e   Raphael, Martin G ^f   Nelson, S Kim ^g   Golightly, Richard T ^h   McFarlane Tranquilla, Laura ⁱ   Newman, Scott ^j   Palsbøll, Per J ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MOSS LANDING MARINE LABORATORIES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^g OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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

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Author keywords

Dispersal; Genetic variation; Habitat fragmentation; Marbled murrelet; Old growth forest; Rescue effects

Indexed keywords

DISEASE VECTOR; DISPERSAL; EXTINCTION RISK; GENE FLOW; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ISOLATION; GENETIC VARIATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; MIGRATION; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; SEABIRD;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

BRACHYRAMPHUS; BRACHYRAMPHUS MARMORATUS;

EID: 77649210753     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2009.1666     Document Type: Article

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