Species assignment and hybrid identification among Scandinavian hares Lepus europaeus and L. timidus

Wildlife Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 29-38

  Thulin, Carl Gustaf ^a   Stone, John ^a,b   Tegelström, Håkan ^a   Walker, Christopher W ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Assignment; Hares; Hybridisation; Introgression; Lepus; Microsatellites; mtDNA

Indexed keywords

LEPUS; LEPUS CAPENSIS; LEPUS EUROPAEUS; LEPUS TIMIDUS;

EID: 33645575371     PISSN: 09096396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2981/0909-6396(2006)12[29:SAAHIA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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