| Titre : | Genetic structure and population history of wintering Asian Great Bustard (Otis tarda dybowskii) in China: implications for conservation (2017) |
| Titre original: | Genetic structure and population history of wintering Asian Great Bustard (Otis tarda dybowskii) in China |
| Auteurs : | Gang Liu, Auteur ; Xiaolong Hu, Auteur ; Aaron B. A. Shafer, Auteur ; Minghao Gong, Auteur ; Morigen Han, Auteur ; Changjiang Yu, Auteur ; Jingying Zhou, Auteur ; Jie Bai, Auteur ; Derong Meng, Auteur ; Guohai Yu, Auteur ; Dapeng Dang, Auteur |
| Type de document : | Article |
| Dans : | Journal of Ornithology (158(3) 2017/07/01) |
| Article en page(s) : | 761-772 |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Résumé : | Wintering areas affect population processes and genetic structuring of many bird species. The Asian Great Bustard (Otis tarda dybowskii) is declining across its range as its breeding and wintering grounds become more fragmented. No genetic information for this vulnerable subspecies in the wild exists. We used noninvasive fecal sampling and mitochondrial sequencing to quantify the level of genetic diversity and the extent of genetic differentiation within and among the wintering populations. Bayesian skyline plot (BSP) analysis was conducted to assess changes in population size over the last several thousand years. Overall, 17 haplotypes were identified in 101 individuals from six wintering grounds, with mean haplotype diversity of 0.90 ± 0.02. Significant population differentiation among wintering grounds was observed [population pairwise test (ΦST) = 0.13, p |
| En ligne : | https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10336-017-1448-5 |



