Genetics and conservation of European brown bears Ursus arctos

Mammal Review

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 87-98

  Swenson, Jon E ^a,b   Taberlet, Pierre ^c   Bellemain, Eva ^d  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITÉ JOSEPH FOURIER   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Brown bear; Conservation genetics; Europe; Phylogeography; Ursus arctos

Indexed keywords

BEAR; CENSUS; CONSERVATION GENETICS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GENE FLOW; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; NATURE CONSERVATION; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION MIGRATION; REFUGIUM;

MAMMALIA; URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 79952841104     PISSN: 03051838     EISSN: 13652907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2907.2010.00179.x     Document Type: Review

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