Assessing hybridization in wildlife populations using molecular markers: A case study in wild turkeys

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 485-492

  Latch, Emily K ^a   Harveson, Louis A ^b   King, J Shane ^b,d   Hobson, Michael D ^c   Rhodes Jr , Olin E ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SUL ROSS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT   (United States)

^d IDAHO DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Gene flow; Genetic; Hybridization; Introduction; Meleagris gallopavo; Microsatellite; Mitochondria; Subspecies; Texas; Translocation; Wild turkey

Indexed keywords

HABITAT; HYBRIDIZATION; IMMIGRATION; SATELLITE DATA; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

DAVIS MOUNTAINS; NEW MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; RIO GRANDE; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO;

EID: 33646676090     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2006)70[485:AHIWPU]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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