Genetic impoverishment of the last black grouse (Tetrao tetrix) population in the Netherlands: detectable only with a reference from the past.

doi:10.1111/j.1365-294X.2008.03717.x

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Genetic impoverishment of the last black grouse (Tetrao tetrix) population in the Netherlands: detectable only with a reference from the past.

Molecular ecology - 1 Apr 2008

Larsson J Karl, Jansman Hugh A H, Segelbacher Gernot, Höglund Jacob, Koelewijn Hans Peter

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We have studied a small isolated population of black grouse (Tetrao tetrix) in the Netherlands to examine the impact of isolation and reduction in numbers on genetic diversity. We compared the genetic diversity in the last extant Dutch population with Dutch museum samples and three other black grouse populations (from England, Austria and Norway, respectively) representing isolated and continuous populations. We...

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