Integrative use of spatial, genetic, and demographic analyses for investigating genetic connectivity between migratory, montane, and sedentary caribou herds

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 20, 2007, Pages 4223-4240

  Boulet, Marylène ^a,b,e   Couturier, Serge ^a,b,c   Côté, Steeve D ^a,b   Otto, Robert D ^d,f   Bernatchez, Louis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

^c MINISTÈRE DES RESSOURCES NATURELLES ET DE LA FAUNE   (Canada)

^d Wildlife Division   (Canada)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Caribou; Demographic simulations; Gene flow; Metapopulation; Microsatellite; Population structure; Rangifer tarandus; Satellite tracking

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CANADA; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GENE FLOW; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; MALE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; REINDEER; SEX DIFFERENCE; TIME;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; CANADA; FEMALE; GENE FLOW; GENE FREQUENCY; GEOGRAPHY; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; REINDEER; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

RANGIFER TARANDUS;

EID: 34848843705     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2007.03476.x     Document Type: Article

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