Genetic and archaeological evidence for a former breeding population of Aleutian cackling goose (Branta hutchinsii leucopareia) on Adak Island, central Aleutians, Alaska

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 89, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 732-743

  Wilson, B J ^a   Crockford, S J ^b,c   Johnson, J W ^d   Malhi, R S ^d   Kemp, Brian M ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Pacific Identifications Inc   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; BONE; BREEDING POPULATION; BREEDING SITE; CYTOCHROME; FOSSIL RECORD; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME; JUVENILE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; NESTING; OSTEOLOGY; PREHISTORIC; PRESERVATION; RADIOMETRIC METHOD; SPECIMEN BANK; WATERFOWL;

ADAK ISLAND; ALASKA; ALEUTIAN ISLANDS; ANDREANOF ISLANDS; UNITED STATES;

ANATIDAE; ANSER; ANSER CANAGICA; ANSERIFORMES; BRANTA; CHEN CANAGICA;

EID: 79961161975     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: 14803283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z11-027     Document Type: Article

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