Phylogeography of the gray fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus) in the eastern United States

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 283-294

  Bozarth, Christine A ^a   Lance, Stacey L ^c,d,e   Civitello, David J ^c,d,f   Glenn, Julie L ^g   Maldonado, Jesús E ^a,b  

^a Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^c GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Health Services and Department of Biology   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^f INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

d loop; eastern United States; gray fox; phylogeography; Pleistocene; Urocyon

Indexed keywords

CANID; DEMOGRAPHY; FOSSIL RECORD; GENETIC STRUCTURE; HISTORICAL RECORD; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PLEISTOCENE; RANGE EXPANSION; REFUGIUM;

UNITED STATES;

MAMMALIA; UROCYON; UROCYON CINEREOARGENTEUS;

EID: 79955084193     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: 15451542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/10-MAMM-A-141.1     Document Type: Article

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