Low genetic diversities in isolated populations of the Asian black bear (Ursus thibetanus) in Japan, in comparison with large stable populations

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1331-1337

  Ohnishi, Naoki ^a   Saitoh, Takashi ^b   Ishibashi, Yasuyuki ^a   Oi, Toru ^a  

^a FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gene flow; Genetic drift; Habitat fragmentation; Heterozygosity; Microsatellite DNA

Indexed keywords

BEAR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA; GENE FLOW; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC ISOLATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HETEROZYGOSITY; ISOLATED POPULATION; POPULATION SIZE;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN;

URSUS AMERICANUS; URSUS ARCTOS; URSUS THIBETANUS;

EID: 36148988382     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-006-9281-z     Document Type: Article

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