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Long-term survival despite low genetic diversity in the critically endangered Madagascar fish-eagle.
Molecular ecology - 1 Jan 2009
Johnson Jeff A, Tingay Ruth E, Culver Melanie, Hailer Frank, Clarke Michèle L, Mindell David P
Abstract excerpt
The critically endangered Madagascar fish-eagle (Haliaeetus vociferoides) is considered to be one of the rarest birds of prey globally and at significant risk of extinction. In the most recent census, only 222 adult individuals were recorded with an estimated total breeding population of no more than 100-120 pairs. Here, levels of Madagascar fish-eagle population genetic diversity based on 47 microsatellite loci...
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