Geographic variation and genetic structure in Spotted Owls

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 25-40

  Haig, Susan M ^a   Steven Wagner, R ^a,c   Forsman, Eric D ^b   Mullins, Thomas D ^a  

^a FOREST AND RANGELAND ECOSYSTEM SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation unit; Geographic variation; Population structure; Spotted owls

Indexed keywords

EID: 0011931356     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011561101460     Document Type: Article

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