The impact of management practices and past demographic history on the genetic diversity of red deer (Cervus elaphus): An assessment of population and individual fitness

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 209-223

  Queiros, João ^a,b,c   Vicente, Joaquín ^a   Boadella, Mariana ^a   Gortázar, Christian ^a   Alves, Paulo Célio ^b,c,d  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM BIODIVERSIDADE E RECURSOS GENÉTICOS   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Heterozygosity fitness correlations; Iberian Peninsula; Tuberculosis compatible lesions

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION GENETICS; CORRELATION; DEER; FITNESS; GENETIC VARIATION; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ANIMALIA; CERVIDAE; CERVUS ELAPHUS;

EID: 84890437866     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bij.12183     Document Type: Article

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