The use of genetics for the management of a recovering population: Temporal assessment of migratory peregrine falcons in North America

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Johnson, Jeff A ^a   Talbot, Sandra L ^b   Sage, George K ^b   Burnham, Kurt K ^c   Brown, Joseph W ^d   Maechtle, Tom L ^e   Seegar, William S ^f   Yates, Michael A ^g   Anderson, Bud ^h   Mindell, David P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c High Arctic Institute   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^e Department of Army ^*

^f EDGEWOOD CHEMICAL BIOLOGICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g Falcon Research Group   (United States)

^h CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BREEDING; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALCONIFORMES; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENETIC STABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GREENLAND; HISTORICAL PERIOD; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; POPULATION MIGRATION; POPULATION RECOVERY; POPULATION SIZE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; CELL NUCLEUS; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GENETICS;

FALCO PEREGRINUS; FALCO PEREGRINUS TUNDRIUS;

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BREEDING; CANADA; CELL NUCLEUS; FALCONIFORMES; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; GREENLAND; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; NORTH AMERICA; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78649522169     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0014042     Document Type: Article

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