Two decades of genetic profiling yields first evidence of natal philopatry and long-term fidelity to parturition sites in sharks

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 110-117

  Feldheim, Kevin A ^a   Gruber, Samuel H ^b,c   Dibattista, Joseph D ^d   Babcock, Elizabeth A ^b   Kessel, Steven T ^e   Hendry, Andrew P ^f   Pikitch, Ellen K ^g   Ashley, Mary V ^h   Chapman, Demian D ^g  

^a FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c BIMINI BIOLOGICAL FIELD STATION FOUNDATION   (Bahamas)

^d KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^f MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

natal philopatry; nursery habitat; shark conservation

Indexed keywords

CHONDRICHTHYES; CITRUS LIMON; NEGAPRION; NEGAPRION BREVIROSTRIS; PISCES;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAHAMAS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; NATAL PHILOPATRY; NURSERY HABITAT; POPULATION GENETICS; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SHARK; SHARK CONSERVATION;

NATAL PHILOPATRY; NURSERY HABITAT; SHARK CONSERVATION;

ANIMALS; BAHAMAS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FEMALE; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SHARKS;

EID: 84891559527     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.12583     Document Type: Article

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