Conservation genetics of houbara bustard (chlamydotis undulata undulata): Population structure and its implications for the reinforcement of wild populations

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1489-1497

  Lesobre, Loïc ^a,b   Lacroix, Frédéric ^b   Caizergues, Alain ^c   Hingrat, Yves ^b   Chalah, Toni ^b   Jalme, Michel Saint ^a  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b Emirates Centre for Wildlife Propagation   (France)

^c OFFICE NATIONAL DE LA CHASSE ET DE LA FAUNE SAUVAGE   (France)

Author keywords

Genetic management; Houbara Bustard; Microsatellite; MtDNA control region; Reintroduction

Indexed keywords

CAPTIVE BREEDING; CONSERVATION GENETICS; GAMEBIRD; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC STRUCTURE; HOME RANGE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RED LIST; REINTRODUCTION; WILD POPULATION;

MOROCCO;

CHLAMYDOTIS UNDULATA UNDULATA; OTIDIDAE;

EID: 77953962301     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-009-9979-9     Document Type: Article

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