A southern California freeway is a physical and social barrier to gene flow in carnivores

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1733-1741

  Riley, Seth P D ^a,b   Pollinger, John P ^a   Sauvajot, Raymond M ^a,b   York, Eric C ^b   Bromley, Cassity ^b   Fuller, Todd K ^c   Wayne, Robert K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^c Holdsworth Natural Resources Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Carnivores; Conservation genetics; Gene flow; Habitat fragmentation; Road and anthropogenic barriers; Territoriality

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAR; COYOTE; ECOSYSTEM; GENE FLOW; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; LYNX; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MIGRATION; UNITED STATES;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; AUTOMOBILES; CALIFORNIA; COYOTES; ECOSYSTEM; GENE FLOW; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; LYNX; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; CANIS LATRANS; LYNX; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33646581667     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2006.02907.x     Document Type: Article

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