Genetic structure of populations of European brown hare: Implications for management

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 760-770

  Fickel, Joerns ^a   Schmidt, Anke ^a   Putze, Mathias ^a   Spittler, Heinrich ^b   Ludwig, Arne ^a   Streich, Wolf Juergen ^a   Pitra, Christian ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ZOO AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b Research Station for Hunting and Game Damage Prevention   (Germany)

Author keywords

European brown hare; Genetic drift; Germany; Lepus europaeus; Male biased gene flow; Microsatellites; Mitochondrial DNA; Population structure

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION GENETICS; GENETIC STRUCTURE; LAGOMORPH; POPULATION DECLINE; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

LEPUS; LEPUS CAPENSIS; LEPUS EUROPAEUS;

EID: 23744466866     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2005)069[0760:GSOPOE]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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