Demographic and genetic evaluation of an American marten reintroduction: A comment on Swanson et al.

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1342-1345

  Williams, Bronwyn W ^a,b   Scribner, Kim T ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Effective population size; Genetic variability; Marten; Martes americana; Microsatellites; Reintroduction; Translocation

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EFFECTIVE POPULATION SIZE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIATION; MUSTELID; POPULATION ESTIMATION; REINTRODUCTION;

MICHIGAN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

MARTES AMERICANA;

EID: 35548930320     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/06-MAMM-A-291R1.1     Document Type: Review

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