Genetic signature of a severe forest fire on the endangered Gran Canaria blue chaffinch (Fringilla teydea polatzeki)

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 499-507

  Suarez N M ^a   Betancor, E ^a   Fregel, R ^a   Rodriguez F ^b   Pestano, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^b Instituto Canario de Ciencias Marinas   (Spain)

Author keywords

Blue chaffinch; Bottleneck; Endangered; Fringilla teydea; Gran Canaria; Microsatellite; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CENSUS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONSERVATION GENETICS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISTURBANCE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXTINCTION; FOREST FIRE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MARKER; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PASSERINE; POPULATION BOTTLENECK; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SUBSPECIES; WILDFIRE;

CANARY ISLANDS; GRAN CANARIA; LAS PALMAS; SPAIN;

FRINGILLA; FRINGILLA TEYDEA;

EID: 84858006648     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-011-0302-1     Document Type: Article

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