Drastic population fluctuations explain the rapid extinction of the passenger pigeon

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 111, Issue 29, 2014, Pages 10636-10641

  Hung, Chih Ming ^a   Shaner, Pei Jen L ^a   Zink, Robert M ^b   Liu, Wei Chung ^c   Chu, Te Chin ^a   Huang, Wen San ^d,e   Li, Shou Hsien ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF STATISTICAL SCIENCE   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCE   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Ancient dna; Genome sequences; Toe pad

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; DOMESTIC PIGEON; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; EFFECTIVE POPULATION SIZE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPLOITATION; FEMALE; GENOME; GLACIAL PERIOD; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; INTERGLACIAL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PASSENGER PIGEON; POPULATION CYCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES EXTINCTION;

ANCIENT DNA; GENOME SEQUENCES; TOE PAD;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; COLUMBIDAE; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; FOOD SUPPLY; GENOME; GEOGRAPHY; MARKOV CHAINS; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; QUERCUS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84904594882     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1401526111     Document Type: Article

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