Population structure in a critically endangered arctic fox population: Does genetics matter?

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2809-2819

  Dalen L ^a   Kvaloy K ^b   Linnell, J D C ^b   Elmhagen, B ^a   Strand, O ^b   Tannerfeldt, M ^a   Henttonen, H ^c   Fuglei, E ^d   Landa, A ^b   Angerbjorn A ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Alopex lagopus; Assignment; Gene flow; Microsatellites; Migration; Relatedness

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ALLELE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; FOX; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; FOXES; GENE FLOW; GEOGRAPHY; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ALOPEX LAGOPUS; COLA; COLA ACUMINATA; VULPES;

EID: 33747076034     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2006.02983.x     Document Type: Article

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