A near-extinction event in lynx: Do microsatellite data tell the tale?

Ecology and Society

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2002, Pages

  Spong, Goran ^a   Hellborg, Linda ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 54249088126     PISSN: 17083087     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/es-00358-060115     Document Type: Article

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