High genetic diversity in the remnant island population of hihi and the genetic consequences of re-introduction

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 29-45

  Brekke, Patricia ^a,b   Bennett, Peter M ^c   Santure, Anna W ^b   Ewen, John G ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

bottlenecks; genetic diversity loss; island species; stitchbird; translocation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; POPULATION GENETICS; SONGBIRD;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PASSERIFORMES;

AVES; NOTIOMYSTIS CINCTA;

EID: 78650710120     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2010.04923.x     Document Type: Article

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