Population genetics of the endangered Cantabrian capercaillie in northern Spain

Animal Conservation

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 249-260

  Alda, F ^a   Sastre, P ^a   De La Cruz Cardiel, P J ^b   Doadrio, I ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bayesian clustering; Cantabrian Mountains; Conservation; Habitat fragmentation; Landscape genetics; Tetrao urogallus cantabricus

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CONSERVATION GENETICS; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DISPERSAL; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GAMEBIRD; GENE FLOW; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC STRUCTURE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; POPULATION GENETICS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

CANTABRIAN MOUNTAINS; SPAIN;

TETRAO UROGALLUS;

EID: 79957564188     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: 14691795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1795.2010.00425.x     Document Type: Article

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