The use of approximate Bayesian computation in conservation genetics and its application in a case study on yellow-eyed penguins

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 421-433

  Lopes, Joao S ^a   Boessenkool, Sanne ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Approximate Bayesian computation; Historical demography; Isolation Migration model; Likelihood free; Megadyptes antipodes; Population genetics

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CONSERVATION GENETICS; DEMOGRAPHIC HISTORY; GENETIC ALGORITHM; POPULATION GENETICS; SEABIRD;

MEGADYPTES ANTIPODES; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 77952098598     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-009-0032-9     Document Type: Article

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