Reproductive success in wood bison (Bison bison athabascae) established using molecular techniques

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 80, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1537-1548

  Wilson, Gregory A ^a   Olson, Wes ^b   Strobeck, Curtis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b PARKS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENES; POPULATION STATISTICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

HETEROZYGOSITY;

BIODIVERSITY;

CONSERVATION GENETICS; GENETIC VARIATION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; REINTRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; UNGULATE;

CANADA;

BISON; BISON BISON ATHABASCAE; CERVUS ELAPHUS; MAMMALIA; UNGULATA;

EID: 0346667076     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z02-147     Document Type: Article

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