Mitochondrial DNA phylogeography of the North American brown bear and implications for conservation

Conservation Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 408-417

  Waits, Lisette P ^a,c   Talbot, Sandra L ^b   Ward, R H ^a   Shields, G F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAR; CONSERVATION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY;

NORTH AMERICA;

URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 0031921442     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.1998.96351.x     Document Type: Article

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