Molecular ecological approaches to studying the evolutionary impact of selective harvesting in wildlife

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 221-235

  Coltman, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Heritability; Hunting; Microsatellites; Population structure; Quantitative genetics; Wild population

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GENETICS; REVIEW; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION; GENETICS, POPULATION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SELECTION (GENETICS);

EID: 37349106824     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2007.03414.x     Document Type: Review

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