Increased genetic differentiation in house sparrows after a strong population decline: From panmixia towards structure in a common bird

Biological Conservation

Volumn 144, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2931-2940

  Kekkonen, Jaana ^a   Hanski, Ilpo K ^c   Jensen, Henrik ^b   Väisänen, Risto A ^c   Brommer, Jon E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Decline; F ST; Genetic diversity; Genetic monitoring; House sparrow; Population structure

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CONSERVATION GENETICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC MARKER; HABITAT LOSS; PASSERINE; POLYMORPHISM; POPULATION BOTTLENECK; POPULATION DECLINE;

FINLAND;

AVES; PASSER DOMESTICUS;

EID: 83555176016     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2011.08.012     Document Type: Article

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