Population structure and genetic diversity of greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) in fragmented landscapes at the northern edge of their range

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 527-542

  Bush, Krista L ^a,i   Dyte, Christopher K ^a   Moynahan, Brendan J ^b,c   Aldridge, Cameron L ^a,d   Sauls, Heather S ^b   Battazzo, Angela M ^b   Walker, Brett L ^b,e   Doherty, Kevin E ^b,f   Tack, Jason ^b   Carlson, John ^g   Eslinger, Dale ^h   Nicholson, Joel ^h   Boyce, Mark S ^a   Naugle, David E ^b   Paszkowski, Cynthia A ^a   Coltman, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

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

^e Wildlife Health Program   (United States)

^f United States Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

^g Bureau of Land Management   (United States)

^h Alberta Sustainable Resource Development   (Canada)

ⁱ NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Declining population; Genetic diversity; Genetic structure; Periphery; Sage grouse

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GAMEBIRD; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; LEK; PERIPHERAL REGION; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ALBERTA; CANADA; MILK RIVER; MONTANA; SASKATCHEWAN; UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

AVES; CENTROCERCUS UROPHASIANUS;

EID: 79952696142     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-010-0159-8     Document Type: Article

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