The genetic legacy of extirpation and re-colonization in Vancouver Island wolves

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 547-556

  Muñoz Fuentes, Violeta ^a   Darimont, Chris T ^b,c   Paquet, Paul C ^c,d   Leonard, Jennifer A ^a,e,f  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Raincoast Conservation Foundation   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^e SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Allee effect; Canada; Canis; Domestic dog; Historical DNA; Hybridization; Introgression; Microsatellites; MtDNA; Museum specimens; Wolf

Indexed keywords

CANID; DOMESTIC SPECIES; GENETIC MARKER; HYBRIDIZATION; INTROGRESSION; LOCAL EXTINCTION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; VANCOUVER ISLAND;

CANIDAE; CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 77952096217     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-009-9974-1     Document Type: Article

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