Genetic data confirm critical status of the reintroduced Dinaric population of Eurasian lynx

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1009-1018

  Sindičić, Magda ^a   Polanc, Primož ^b   Gomerčić, Tomislav ^a   Jelenčič, Maja ^b   Huber, Duro ^a   Trontelj, Peter ^b   Skrbinšek, Tomaž ^b  

^a University of Ljubljana ^*  (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Control region; Effective population size; Inbreeding; Lynx lynx; Microsatellite

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION GENETICS; CONSERVATION STATUS; EFFECTIVE POPULATION SIZE; EXTINCTION; FELID; INBREEDING DEPRESSION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MORTALITY; POACHING; POPULATION SIZE; PREDATOR; RECOLONIZATION; REINTRODUCTION;

ALPS; BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA; CROATIA; DINARIC ALPS; EASTERN ALPS; SLOVENIA;

ANIMALIA; LYNX; LYNX LYNX;

EID: 84884907775     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-013-0491-x     Document Type: Article

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