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  1. Founder populations and the current status of exotic parrots in South Africa

    Founder populations and the current status of exotic parrots in South Africa

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Craig T Symes --- School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences, South Africa
    Parrots (families Psittacidae and Cacatuidae) are one of the most threatened taxa of birds, with a combination of threats to wild populations, including capture for the cage bird market, habitat modification and destruction, persecution, disease, and threats from introduced species...
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  2. Genetic variability of the Lessepsian migrant mussel <em>Brachidontes pharaonis</em> (Bivalvia: Mytilidae) in Tunisia

    Genetic variability of the Lessepsian migrant mussel Brachidontes pharaonis (Bivalvia: Mytilidae) in Tunisia

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: M Antit --- UR11ES12 Biologie de la Reproduction et du Développement animal, Faculté des Sciences de Tunis, Tunisia N Amor --- KSU Mammals Research Chair, Department of Zoology, Saudi Arabia J Urra --- Oceanographic Center of Málaga–Spanish Institute of Oceanography, Spain AN Alagaili --- KSU Mammals Research Chair, Department of Zoology, Saudi Arabia S Farjallah --- Unité de Recherche de Biologie Intégrative et Ecologie Évolutive et Fonctionnelle des Milieux aquatiques, Faculté des Sciences Tunis, Tunisia
    The present study used two mitochondrial markers (16S rRNA and COI) to assess the genetic diversity of a newly founded Lessepsian migrant mussel, Brachidontes pharaonis, in Tunisian waters. The species appears to be restricted to only one population in Rades...
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