A species in decline: Genetic diversity and conservation of the Victorian eastern barred bandicoot, Perameles gunnii

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1243-1254

  Weeks, Andrew R ^a,b   van Rooyen, Anthony ^b   Mitrovski, Paul ^b,c   Heinze, Dean ^d   Winnard, Amy ^a   Miller, Adam D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Cesar   (Australia)

^c Coffey Environments ^*  (Australia)

^d DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Captive breeding program; Conservation genetics; Effective population size; Microsatellite

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CAPTIVE BREEDING; CONSERVATION GENETICS; CYTOCHROME; EFFECTIVE POPULATION SIZE; EXTINCTION; MARSUPIAL; PREDATOR; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TWENTIETH CENTURY; WILD POPULATION;

AUSTRALIA;

PERAMELES GUNNII;

EID: 84887318663     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-013-0512-9     Document Type: Article

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