Long-distance wolf recolonization of France and Switzerland inferred from non-invasive genetic sampling over a period of 10 years

Animal Conservation

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 83-92

  Valière, Nathaniel ^a,b   Fumagalli, Luca ^c   Gielly, Ludovic ^a,b   Miquel, Christian ^a,b   Lequette, Benoît ^d   Poulle, Marie Lazarine ^e   Weber, Jean Marc ^f   Arlettaz, Raphaël ^g   Taberlet, Pierre ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ JOSEPH FOURIER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c Institut d'Ecologie   (Switzerland)

^d Parc National du Mercantour   (France)

^e OFFICE NATIONAL DE LA CHASSE ET DE LA FAUNE SAUVAGE   (France)

^f KORA   (Switzerland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HABITAT CORRIDOR; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; RANGE EXPANSION; RECOLONIZATION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; SWITZERLAND; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

CANIDAE; CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS; SCATOPHAGIDAE (FISHES); VULPES VULPES;

EID: 1342326203     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1367943003003111     Document Type: Article

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