Population structure of short-finned pilot whales in the oceanic archipelago of Madeira based on photo-identification and genetic analyses: Implications for conservation

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 758-776

  Alves, Filipe ^a,b,c   Quérouil, Sophie ^d   Dinis, Ana ^a,b,c   Nicolau, Cátia ^a   Ribeiro, Cláudia ^a,c   Freitas, Luís ^a,c   Kaufmann, Manfred ^b,c   Fortuna, Caterina ^e  

^a Madeira Whale Museum   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MADEIRA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^d INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^e INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND RESEARCH ISPRA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ecological status; Genetics; Habitat management; Island; Mammals; Ocean

Indexed keywords

ARCHIPELAGO; CONSERVATION STATUS; DATA ACQUISITION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PHILOPATRY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SITE FIDELITY; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; WHALE;

MADEIRA; PORTUGAL;

CETACEA; DELPHINIDAE; GLOBICEPHALA; GLOBICEPHALA MACRORHYNCHUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84884990108     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: 10990755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.2332     Document Type: Article

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