Wolverine confirmation in california after nearly a century: Native or long-distance immigrant?

Northwest Science

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 154-162

  Moriarty, Katie M ^a   Zielinski, William J ^b   Gonzales, Armand G ^c   Dawson, Todd E ^d,e   Boatner, Kristie M ^f   Wilson, Craig A ^f   Schlexer, Fredrick V ^b   Pilgrim, Kristine L ^g   Copeland, Jeffrey P ^g   Schwartz, Michael K ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e 4006 Valley Life Sciences Building ^*  (United States)

^f USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^g ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; CONNECTIVITY; CONSERVATION GENETICS; DNA; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HAIR; IMMIGRATION; MUSTELID; NATIVE SPECIES; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PHOTOGRAPH; STABLE ISOTOPE; TAXONOMY;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; GULO GULO;

EID: 66749091558     PISSN: 0029344X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3955/046.083.0207     Document Type: Article

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