Low genetic diversity and small population size of Takahe Porphyrio hochstetteri on European arrival in New Zealand

Ibis

Volumn 153, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 384-394

  Grueber, Catherine E ^a   Jamieson, Ian G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Effective population size; Microsatellites; Mitochondrial DNA; Museum specimens; Porphyrio; Threatened species

Indexed keywords

BIRD; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FLIGHTLESSNESS; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC MARKER; ISOLATED POPULATION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MUSEUM; ORNITHOLOGY; POPULATION SIZE; SONGBIRD;

FIORDLAND; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; SOUTHLAND;

AVES; PORPHYRIO; PORPHYRIO HOCHSTETTERI; PORPHYRIO MANTELLI; PORPHYRIO PORPHYRIO; STRIGOPS HABROPTILUS;

EID: 79952728463     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2011.01110.x     Document Type: Article

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