Integrating genetic data and population viability analyses for the identification of harbour seal (Phoca vitulina) populations and management units

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 815-831

  Olsen, Morten T ^a,b,c   Andersen, Liselotte W ^a   Dietz, Rune ^a   Teilmann, Jonas ^a   Härkönen, Tero ^d   Siegismund, Hans R ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

demographic independence; management units; microsatellites; minimum viable population size

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHIC INDEPENDENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MANAGEMENT UNITS; METHODOLOGY; MICROSATELLITES; MINIMUM VIABLE POPULATION SIZE; PHOCA; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION GENETICS; SCANDINAVIA;

DEMOGRAPHIC INDEPENDENCE; MANAGEMENT UNITS; MICROSATELLITES; MINIMUM VIABLE POPULATION SIZE;

ANIMALS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MODELS, GENETIC; PHOCA; POPULATION DENSITY; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 84893365229     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.12644     Document Type: Article

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