Wolverine gene flow across a narrow climatic niche

Ecology

Volumn 90, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 3222-3232

  Schwartz, Michael K ^a   Copeland, Jeffrey P ^a   Anderson, Neil J ^b   Squires, John R ^a   Inman, Robert M ^c   McKelvey, Kevin S ^a   Pilgrim, Kristy L ^a   Waits, Lisette P ^d   Cushman, Samuel A ^a  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b WILDLIFE AND PARKS   (United States)

^c WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Corridors; Effective population size; Geographic information system; Gulo gulo; Landscape resistance; Least cost paths; Population genetics; Wolverines

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CARNIVORE; GENE FLOW; GIS; MAMMAL; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; NICHE; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION SIZE; SNOW COVER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MUSTELIDAE; SEASON; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CLIMATE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIATION; IDAHO; MONTANA; MUSTELIDAE; SEASONS; WYOMING;

IDAHO; MONTANA; UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

GULO GULO;

EID: 72449175939     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/08-1287.1     Document Type: Article

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