Genetic structure and migration in native and reintroduced rocky mountain wolf populations

Conservation Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1226-1234

  Forbes, Stephen H ^a   Boyd, Diane K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENETIC VARIATION; MIGRATION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RECOLOMIZATION; REINTRODUCTION; WOLF;

ROCKY MOUNTAINS; USA;

CANIS LUPUS;

EID: 0031422644     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.1997.96296.x     Document Type: Article

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