Phylogeography, population structure, and implications for conservation of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) in Venezuela

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1300-1315

  Moscarella, Rosa A ^a,b,c   Aguilera, Marisol ^a   Escalante, Ananias A ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

^b INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation genetics; Conservation units; d loop; Mitochondrial DNA; Odocoileus; Phylogeography; Venezuela; White tailed deer

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION GENETICS; DEER; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

SOUTH AMERICA; VENEZUELA;

CERVIDAE; MAMMALIA; ODOCOILEUS; ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS;

EID: 0345134882     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/BRB-028     Document Type: Article

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