Coexistence and population genetic structure of the whooper swan Cygnus cygnus and mute swan Cygnus olor in Lithuania and Latvia

Central European Journal of Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 886-894

  Butkauskas, Dalius ^a   Švažas, Saulius ^a   Tubelytė, Vaida ^b   Morkūnas, Julius ^a   Sruoga, Aniolas ^a,b   Boiko, Dmitrijs ^c   Paulauskas, Algimantas ^b   Stanevičius, Vitas ^a   Baublys, Vykintas ^b  

^a Nature Research Centre   (Lithuania)

^b VYTAUTAS MAGNUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^c Natural History Museum of Latvia   (Latvia)

Author keywords

Coexistence; Cygnus cygnus; Cygnus olor; D loop; population genetic structure

Indexed keywords

CYGNUS CYGNUS; CYGNUS OLOR;

EID: 84865528239     PISSN: 1895104X     EISSN: 16443632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11535-012-0065-9     Document Type: Article

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