Wolf body mass, skull morphology, and mitochondrial DNA haplotypes in the Riding Mountain National Park region of Manitoba, Canada

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 496-507

  Stronen, Astrid V ^a,e   Forbes, Graham J ^a   Sallows, Tim ^b   Goulet, Gloria ^c   Musiani, Marco ^d   Paquet, Paul C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b Riding Mountain National Park   (Canada)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; BODY MASS; CANID; GENE FLOW; HYBRIDIZATION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; NATIONAL PARK; SKULL;

CANADA; MANITOBA; RIDING MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK;

CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LATRANS; CANIS LUPUS; CANIS LYCAON;

EID: 77951755041     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z10-021     Document Type: Article

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