The genetic signature of rapid range expansion by flying squirrels in response to contemporary climate warming

Global Change Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1760-1769

  Garroway, Colin J ^a   Bowman, Jeff ^a   Holloway, Gillian L ^b   Malcolm, Jay R ^c   Wilson, Paul J ^a  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Fiera Biological Consulting   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate change; Genetic diversity; Genetic structure; Glaucomys sabrinus; Glaucomys volans; Range expansion; Range movements

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE FLOW; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GLOBAL WARMING; POPULATION BOTTLENECK; RANGE EXPANSION; RODENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

GLAUCOMYS SABRINUS; GLAUCOMYS VOLANS; PTEROMYINI; SCIURIDAE;

EID: 79953291906     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2010.02384.x     Document Type: Article

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