Colonization history and noninvasive monitoring of a reestablished wolverine population

Conservation Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 676-688

  Flagstad, Øystein ^a,d   Hedmark, Eva ^a   Landa, Arild ^b   Brøseth, Henrik ^b   Persson, Jens ^c   Andersen, Roy ^b   Segerström, Peter ^c   Ellegren, Hans ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Capture recapture; Dispersal; DNA analysis; Feces; Genetic monitoring; Immigration; Population size; Recolonization; Relationship analysis

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED SPECIES; GENETIC ANALYSIS; POPULATION SIZE; RECOLONIZATION; SEX RATIO; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TAGGING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

ANIMALIA; GULO GULO; MUSTELINAE;

EID: 2542463250     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2004.00328.x-i1     Document Type: Article

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