Genetic diversity, population structure, effective population size and demographic history of the Finnish wolf population

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1561-1576

  Aspi, J ^a   Roininen, E ^a   Ruokonen, M ^a   Kojola, I ^b   Vila C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bottleneck; Canis lupus; Dispersal; Isolation by distance; Population decline

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FINLAND; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; INBREEDING; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MIGRATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; WOLF;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; FINLAND; GENE FREQUENCY; GEOGRAPHY; INBREEDING; MODELS, GENETIC; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; VARIATION (GENETICS); WOLVES;

CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS;

EID: 33645839281     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2006.02877.x     Document Type: Article

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