Fine-scale genetic structure and dispersal in Canada lynx (Lynx canadensis) within Alberta, Canada

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 84, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1112-1119

  Campbell, Véronique ^a,b   Strobeck, Curtis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

DISPERSAL; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTANCE; PAIRWISE RELATEDNESS;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

CANID; DISPERSAL; GENE FLOW; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIATION;

ALBERTA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

LYNX; LYNX CANADENSIS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 33845372840     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z06-099     Document Type: Article

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