Phylogeography of wolves (Canis lupus) in the Pacific Northwest

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 363-375

  Weckworth, Byron V ^a,d   Talbot, Sandra L ^b   Cook, Joseph A ^c  

^a IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Beringia; Endemic; Glacial refugia; Gray wolves; Mitochondrial DNA; Pleistocene; Southeast Alaska

Indexed keywords

CANID; COLONIZATION; ENDEMIC SPECIES; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; GENETIC MARKER; GLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; HOLOCENE; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LATITUDE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; RANGE EXPANSION; REFUGIUM;

ALASKA; PACIFIC NORTHWEST; UNITED STATES;

CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS;

EID: 77951272551     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: 15451542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/09-MAMM-A-036.1     Document Type: Article

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