Genetic diversity of endangered brown bear (ursus arctos) populations at the crossroads of Europe, Asia and Africa

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 742-750

  Calvignac, Sébastien ^a   Hughes, Sandrine ^a   Hänni, Catherine ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Ancient DNA; Brown bear; Genetic diversity; Middle East; MtDNA; Ursus arctos syriacus

Indexed keywords

BEAR; CLADISTICS; CONSERVATION GENETICS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXTINCTION; GENETIC VARIATION; PHYLOGENETICS; PLEISTOCENE;

ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST;

URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 69249097789     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2009.00586.x     Document Type: Article

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