Northwest passages: Conservation genetics of Arctic Island wolves

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 879-892

  Carmichael, Lindsey E ^a   Krizan, Julia ^b   Nagy, John A ^c   Dumond, Mathieu ^d   Johnson, Deborah ^c   Veitch, Alasdair ^c   Strobeck, Curtis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b IMG Golder   (Canada)

^c DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

^d Government of Nunavut   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bottleneck; Canis lupus; Gene flow; Metapopulation; Refugium

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CANID; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION GENETICS; CONSERVATION STATUS; EXTINCTION; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; ISLAND; METAPOPULATION; MIGRATION; PERSISTENCE; POPULATION BOTTLENECK; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION ESTIMATION; RECOLONIZATION; REFUGIUM; SEA ICE; WARMING;

BAFFIN ISLAND; CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC; DEVON ISLAND; ELLESMERE ISLAND; NORTH AMERICA; NUNAVUT; QUEEN ELIZABETH ISLANDS; VICTORIA ISLAND;

CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS;

EID: 50049086925     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-007-9413-0     Document Type: Article

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