Coyote movements and social structure along a cryptic population genetic subdivision

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1241-1249

  Sacks, Benjamin N ^a   Mitchell, Brian R ^b,d   Williams, Christen L ^c,e   Ernest, Holly B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^e USDA/Natl Wildlife Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Canis latrans; Coyote; Dispersal; Gene flow; Habitat; Microsatellites

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COYOTE; ENVIRONMENT; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION GENETICS;

ANIMALS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COYOTES; ENVIRONMENT; GENETICS, POPULATION; HOMING BEHAVIOR;

EID: 16344377355     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2005.02473.x     Document Type: Article

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