Influence of genetic provenance and birth origin on productivity of the Tasmanian devil insurance population

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1465-1473

  Hogg, Carolyn J ^a   Ivy, Jamie A ^b   Srb, Carla ^c   Hockley, Jocelyn ^d   Lees, Caroline ^e   Hibbard, Chris ^a   Jones, Menna ^f  

^a Zoo and Aquarium Association Australasia   (Australia)

^b INSTITUTE FOR CONSERVATION RESEARCH   (United States)

^c Healesville Sanctuary   (Australia)

^d DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^e Conservation Breeding Specialist Group Australasia ^*  (New Zealand)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Insurance population; Microsatellites; Population management; Productivity; Tasmanian devil

Indexed keywords

CAPTIVE BREEDING; CARRYING CAPACITY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GENERATION TIME; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MARKER; HETEROZYGOSITY; MARSUPIAL; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RELATEDNESS; REPRODUCTION; VIABILITY;

AUSTRALIA; TASMANIA;

ANIMALIA; SARCOPHILUS HARRISII;

EID: 84944389533     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-015-0754-9     Document Type: Article

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