Phylogeographic subspecies recognition in leopards (Panthera pardus): Molecular genetic variation

Conservation Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1115-1132

  Miththapala, Sriyanie ^a   Seidensticker, John ^a,b   O'Brien, Stephen J ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FELIDAE; PANTHERA PARDUS;

GENETIC VARIATION; LEOPARD;

ASIA, (CENTRAL); RUSSIAN FEDERATION, AMUR REGION;

EID: 0030448920     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.1996.10041115.x     Document Type: Article

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