Lack of genetic structuring and subspecies differentiation in the capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) in Finland

Annales Zoologici Fennici

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 619-633

  Liukkonen Anttila, Tuija ^a   Rätti, Osmo ^b   Kvist, Laura ^a   Helle, Pekka ^c   Orell, Markku ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAPLAND   (Finland)

^c FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENETIC STRUCTURE;

AVES; TETRAO; TETRAO UROGALLUS;

EID: 8144219687     PISSN: 0003455X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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