Genetic factors in threatened species recovery plans on three continents

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 433-440

  Pierson, Jennifer C ^a,b   Coates, David J ^c   Oostermeijer, J Gerard B ^d   Beissinger, Steven R ^e   Bragg, Jason G ^f   Sunnucks, Paul ^g   Schumaker, Nathan H ^h   Young, Andrew G ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Science and Conservation Division   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^g MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^h U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXTINCTION RISK; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS; RECOVERY PLAN; RED LIST;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84989838555     PISSN: 15409295     EISSN: 15409309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/fee.1323     Document Type: Review

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