Conservation genetics of the Critically Endangered Saint Croix ground lizard (Ameiva polops Cope 1863)

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 665-679

  Hurtado, Luis A ^a   Santamaria, Carlos A ^a   Fitzgerald, Lee A ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caribbean; HWE deviations; N e estimators comparison; Null alleles; Teiidae; Translocations

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; CONSERVATION GENETICS; EFFECTIVE POPULATION SIZE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDEMIC SPECIES; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC MARKER; LIZARD; POPULATION BOTTLENECK; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TRANSLOCATION;

BUCK ISLAND; LEEWARD ISLANDS [LESSER ANTILLES]; SAINT CROIX; VIRGIN ISLANDS; VIRGIN ISLANDS (U.S.);

AMEIVA POLOPS; SQUAMATA; TEIIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84860450294     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-012-0316-3     Document Type: Article

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