Elevation and connectivity define genetic refugia for mountain sheep as climate warms

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 14, 2006, Pages 4295-4302

  Epps, Clinton W ^a   Palsbøll, Per J ^a,c   Wehausen, John D ^b   Roderick, George K ^a   McCullough, Dale R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Visit Scho Dept Integrat Biol   (United States)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bighorn sheep; Climate change; Genetic diversity; Habitat fragmentation; Metapopulation; Ovis canadensis

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ALTITUDE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SHEEP;

ALLELES; ALTITUDE; ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SHEEP, BIGHORN; VARIATION (GENETICS);

OVIS ARIES; OVIS CANADENSIS; OVIS CANADENSIS NELSONI; UNGULATA;

EID: 33750982748     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2006.03103.x     Document Type: Article

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