> Based on the developed marker set, we further conducted a large-scale association analysis of growth traits using two C. farreri populations that were derived from a large breeding population of an elite C. farreri variety ('Penglai-Red' scallop), but were reared in two different geographic locations.
One of the sites, to the west of the Isle of Man, includes a rare breeding population of the ocean quahog, a clam that can live up to 500 years.
The facilities at the FSSBER have allowed us to establish a breeding population of European starlings that is housed in a semi-natural environment.
Going from a potential breeding population of more than 300 pairs to only a "tiny handful" this year is a conservation disaster requiring urgent action, not lobbying for new legislation which would be years away at best.
Due to the absence of a breeding population of A. forsteri on Macquarie Island, their spatial distribution and habitat use was not explored.
Montaña Clara, the "pale mountain" that rises from the sea north of the Canary island of Lanzarote, boasts a virtually untouched habitat and a breeding population of protected White-faced Storm-petrels, apart from the beach and the 256 metre-high remains of a volcanic crater.
Similarly, a breeding population of E. grandis with 192 selected individuals produced a total of 119 alleles with 6 SSR loci, yielding a minimum of 6 (Embrand) and a maximum of 33 alleles (Embra16), with an average of 19.8 × 9.2 alleles per locus (Kirst et al. [2005a]).
The common blackbird is the national bird of Sweden, which has a breeding population of 1 2 million pairs, and was featured on a 30 öre Christmas postage stamp in 1970.
Black Swift has an estimated world breeding population of 150,000 (BirdLife International 2011), and a distribution of 1,278,000 km2 (BirdLife International 2011).
It has an estimated world breeding population of 150,000 (BirdLife International 2011), and a distribution of 1,278,000 km2 (BirdLife International 2011).
