Problems with the claim of ecotype and taxon status of the wolf in the Great Lakes region

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 24, 2009, Pages 4991-4993

  Cronin, Matthew A ^a   Mech, L David ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; NOTE; POPULATION GENETICS; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; UNITED STATES; WOLF;

ANIMALS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENETIC SPECIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GREAT LAKES REGION; WOLVES;

EID: 71549119875     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04431.x     Document Type: Note

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