Conservation genetic management of a critically endangered New Zealand endemic bird: Minimizing inbreeding in the Black Stilt Himantopus novaezelandiae

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Volumn 153, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 556-561

  Hagen, Erin N ^a,b   Hale, Marie L ^a   Maloney, Richard F ^c   Steeves, Tammy E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b Island Conservation   (Chile)

^c DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Genetic relatedness; Inbreeding depression; Kak ; Microsatellites; Reproductive success

Indexed keywords

CAPTIVE POPULATION; CONSERVATION GENETICS; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDEMIC SPECIES; GENETIC MARKER; INBREEDING DEPRESSION; RELATEDNESS; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SPECIES CONSERVATION; WADER;

AVES; DIOSPYROS KAKI; HIMANTOPUS NOVAEZELANDIAE;

EID: 79958814722     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2011.01137.x     Document Type: Article

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