Rapid homogenization of multiple sources: Genetic structure of a recolonizing population of fishers

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1853-1861

  Carr, Denis ^a   Bowman, Jeff ^b   Kyle, Christopher J ^a   Tully, Susan M ^a   Koen, Erin L ^c   Robitaille, Jean François ^d   Wilson, Paul J ^a  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ONTARIO MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Fisher; Harvest; Martes pennanti; Migration; Population structure; Recolonization; Refuge; Translocation

Indexed keywords

GENE FLOW; GENETIC STRUCTURE; HOMOGENEITY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MUSTELID; POPULATION GROWTH; RECOLONIZATION; REFUGE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ALGONQUIN PROVINCIAL PARK; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

MARTES PENNANTI;

EID: 34047143678     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2006-274     Document Type: Article

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