Genetic identification of immigrants to the Scandinavian wolf population

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 225-230

  Seddon, J M ^a,b   Sundqvist, A K ^b   Bjornerfeldt S ^b   Ellegren, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Canis lupus; Conservation; Gene flow; Immigration; Wolf

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SITE; DNA; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIATION; MAMMAL; POPULATION GENETICS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

CANIDAE; RANGIFER TARANDUS;

EID: 33745024564     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-005-9001-0     Document Type: Article

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