Variation in genetic diversity across the range of North American brown bears

Conservation Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 418-429

  Paetkau, David ^a   Waits, Lisette P ^b   Clarkson, Peter L ^c,e   Craighead, Lance ^d   Vyse, Ernie ^d   Ward, Ryk ^b   Strobeck, Curtis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

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

^c Govt of the Northwest Territories ^*  (Canada)

^d MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Gwich'in Renewable Resource Board   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAR; CONSERVATION; GENETIC DIVERSITY; POPULATION FRAGMENTATION;

NORTH AMERICA;

URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 0031947757     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.1998.96457.x     Document Type: Article

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