Genetic analysis reveals demographic fragmentation of grizzly bears yielding vulnerably small populations

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 272, Issue 1579, 2005, Pages 2409-2416

  Proctor, Michael F ^a,d   McLellan, Bruce N ^b   Strobeck, Curtis ^c   Barclay, Robert M R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b RESEARCH BRANCH   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carnivores; Genetic analysis; Microsatellites; Population fragmentation; Ursus arctos

Indexed keywords

BEAR; CARNIVORE; CONSERVATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION;

ARTICLE; BEAR; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MIGRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

NORTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 27644439864     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2005.3246     Document Type: Article

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