Survival in the Rockies of an endangered hybrid swarm from diverged caribou (Rangifer tarandus) lineages

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 665-679

  McDevitt, Allan D ^a,b   Mariani, Stefano ^a   Hebblewhite, Mark ^c   Decesare, Nicholas J ^c   Morgantini, Luigi ^d   Seip, Dale ^e   Weckworth, Byron V ^b   Musiani, Marco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^d Weyerhaeuser Saskatchewan Ltd   (Canada)

^e RESEARCH BRANCH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Conservation; Endangered species; Hybridization; Migration; Phylogeography

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CANADA; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPE; HYBRIDIZATION; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION MIGRATION; REINDEER;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; CANADA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPES; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REINDEER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

RANGIFER TARANDUS; RANGIFER TARANDUS CARIBOU; RANGIFER TARANDUS GROENLANDICUS;

EID: 58849118432     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2008.04050.x     Document Type: Article

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