Two centuries of the Scandinavian wolf population: Patterns of genetic variability and migration during an era of dramatic decline

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 869-880

  Flagstad, O ^a,d   Walker, C W ^a   Vila C ^a   Sundqvist, A K ^a   Fernholm, B ^b   Hufthammer, A K ^c   Wiig, O ^d   Koyola, I ^e   Ellegren, H ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^e FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Canis lupus; Genetic drift; Immigration; Loss of genetic variability; Microsatellites; Mitochondrial DNA; Population decline

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FINLAND; LOSS OF HETEROZYGOSITY; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; SCANDINAVIA; VARIATION (GENETICS); WOLVES; Y CHROMOSOME;

CANIDAE; CANIS; CANIS LUPUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0012888555     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.2003.01784.x     Document Type: Article

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