Mitochondrial DNA monomorphism in Red-billed Choughs Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax in the United Kingdom

Bird Study

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 213-216

  Kocijan, Ivna ^a,b   Bruford, Michael W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION GENETICS; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; PASSERINE; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

UNITED KINGDOM;

PYRRHOCORAX PYRRHOCORAX;

EID: 79956118117     PISSN: 00063657     EISSN: 19446705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00063657.2011.568048     Document Type: Article

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