Temporal patterns of genetic diversity in Kirtland's warblers (Dendroica kirtlandii), the rarest songbird in North America

BMC Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Wilson, Amy S ^a,b   Marra, Peter P ^a   Fleischer, Robert C ^b  

^a SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; GENETIC VARIATION; HABITAT LOSS; POPULATION BOTTLENECK; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION SIZE; SONGBIRD; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

MICHIGAN; NORTH AMERICA; OSCODA COUNTY; UNITED STATES;

DENDROICA KIRTLANDII; PASSERI; PINUS BANKSIANA;

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GENETICS; SONGBIRD; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; MICHIGAN; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SONGBIRDS;

EID: 84862526354     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6785-12-8     Document Type: Article

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