Implications of cytochrome b sequence variation for biogeography and conservation of the northern flying squirrels (Glaucomys sabrinus) of the Alexander Archipelago, Alaska

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 76, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1771-1777

  Demboski, John R ^a,b   Jacobsen, Brandy K ^a   Cook, Joseph A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA MUSEUM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASELINE CONDITIONS; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CONSERVATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

ALASKA; CANADA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON; YUKON TERRITORY;

GLAUCOMYS; GLAUCOMYS SABRINUS; GLAUCOMYS SABRINUS GRISEIFRONS; MAMMALIA; PETAURISTINAE; SCIURIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032449291     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z98-116     Document Type: Article

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