Movement behavior explains genetic differentiation in American black bears

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1613-1625

  Cushman, Samuel A ^a   Lewis, Jesse S ^b  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Black bear; Connectivity; Landscape genetics; Movement behavior; Path level analysis; Ursus americanus

Indexed keywords

BEAR; DATA INTERPRETATION; DISPERSAL; FOREST COVER; GENE FLOW; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; MOVEMENT; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY;

ANIMALIA; URSUS AMERICANUS;

EID: 78049280907     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: 15729761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-010-9534-6     Document Type: Article

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