Pleistocene refugia and holocene expansion of a grassland-dependent species, the black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes)

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 87-96

  Wisely, Samantha M ^a,b   Statham, Mark J ^a   Fleischer, Robert C ^b  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Black footed ferret; Fossil record; Museum specimen; Mustela nigripes; Pleistocene refugia; Population genetics; Range expansion

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COLONIZATION; ECOREGION; FOSSIL RECORD; GLOBAL WARMING; GRASSLAND; HOLOCENE; LOCAL EXTINCTION; MAMMAL; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PALEOECOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PLEISTOCENE; RANGE EXPANSION; REFUGIUM; TYPE SPECIMEN;

COLORADO PLATEAU; COLUMBIA BASIN; GREAT PLAINS; NORTH AMERICA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

MUSTELA; MUSTELA NIGRIPES; MUSTELIDAE;

EID: 39749162148     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/07-MAMM-A-077.1     Document Type: Article

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