Assessing population structure at high levels of differentiation: Microsatellite comparisons of bighorn sheep and large carnivores

Animal Conservation

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 223-233

  Forbes, Stephen H ^a   Hogg, John T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b Craighead Wildl Wildlands Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANIDAE; CANIS; OVIS ARIES; OVIS CANADENSIS; OVIS CANADENSIS CANADENSIS; URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 0000151274     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1367943099000554     Document Type: Article

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