Long-term, fine-scale temporal patterns of genetic diversity in the restored Mauritius parakeet reveal genetic impacts of management and associated demographic effects on reintroduction programmes

Biological Conservation

Volumn 161, Issue , 2013, Pages 28-38

  Tollington, Simon ^a,b   Jones, Carl G ^c   Greenwood, Andrew ^d   Tatayah, Vikash ^e   Raisin, Claire ^a,b   Burke, Terry ^b   Dawson, Deborah A ^b   Groombridge, Jim J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c DURRELL WILDLIFE CONSERVATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d C o International Zoo Veterinary Group   (United Kingdom)

^e MAURITIAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION   (Mauritius)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Endangered parrot; Fine scale; Genetic diversity; Monitoring; Psittacula echo; Reintroduction

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; CONSERVATION GENETICS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISPERSAL; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIATION; HABITAT RESTORATION; METAPOPULATION; MONITORING; NEST SITE; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SUBPOPULATION; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

AVES; PSITTACIDAE; PSITTACULA; PSITTACULA ECHO;

EID: 84876438503     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2013.02.013     Document Type: Article

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