Genetic signatures of population change in the British golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos)

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1837-1846

  Bourke, Brian P ^a,b   Frantz, Alain C ^b   Lavers, Christopher P ^a   Davison, Angus ^a   Dawson, Deborah A ^b   Burke, Terry A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aquila chrysaetos; Golden eagle; Microsatellite; MSVAR; Population genetics

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CONSERVATION GENETICS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIATION; POPULATION BOTTLENECK; POPULATION SIZE; PREDATOR;

IRELAND; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

AQUILA; AQUILA CHRYSAETOS;

EID: 77956878139     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-010-0076-x     Document Type: Article

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