Combining genetic and demographic information to prioritize conservation efforts for anadromous alewife and blueback herring

Evolutionary Applications

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 212-226

  Palkovacs, Eric P ^a   Hasselman, Daniel J ^a   Argo, Emily E ^a   Gephard, Stephen R ^b   Limburg, Karin E ^c   Post, David M ^d   Schultz, Thomas F ^e   Willis, Theodore V ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CT Dept of Environmental Protection   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Demography; Distinct population segments; Ecological restoration; Microsatellites; Population genetics; Population trends; Stock structure; Time series

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892984541     PISSN: 17524563     EISSN: 17524571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/eva.12111     Document Type: Article

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