Genetic diversity and relatedness of boreal caribou populations in western Canada

Biological Conservation

Volumn 118, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 593-598

  McLoughlin, Philip D ^a,d   Paetkau, David ^b   Duda, Mary ^c   Boutin, Stan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b WILDLIFE GENETICS INTERNATIONAL   (Canada)

^c RR #1   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alberta; Boreal; British Columbia; Canada; Caribou; DNA; Genetics; Microsatellite; Population; Rangifer tarandus caribou

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION GENETICS; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; METAPOPULATION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RELATEDNESS; UNGULATE;

ALBERTA; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; RANGIFER TARANDUS; RANGIFER TARANDUS CARIBOU;

EID: 2042528496     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2003.10.008     Document Type: Article

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