Spatial scaling and multi-model inference in landscape genetics: Martes americana in northern Idaho

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1601-1612

  Wasserman, Tzeidle N ^a   Cushman, Samuel A ^b   Schwartz, Michael K ^b   Wallin, David O ^c  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

American marten; Causal modeling; Gene flow; Landscape genetics; Population connectivity; Scale dependency

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIVITY; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; GENE FLOW; GENETIC STRUCTURE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; ISOLATED POPULATION; LANDSCAPE; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; MUSTELID; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

IDAHO; UNITED STATES;

MARTES AMERICANA;

EID: 78049279242     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: 15729761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-010-9525-7     Document Type: Article

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