Arctic fox Vulpes lagopus population structure: Circumpolar patterns and processes

Oikos

Volumn 120, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 873-885

  Norén, Karin ^a   Carmichael, Lindsey ^b   Dalén, Love ^a   Hersteinsson, Pall ^c   Samelius, Gustaf ^d   Fuglei, Eva ^e   Kapel, Christian M O ^f   Menyushina, Irina ^g   Strobeck, Curtis ^b   Angerbjörn, Anders ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^d SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^e NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^g Wrangel Island State Nature Reserve ^*  (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; CANID; CARNIVORE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOTYPE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC MARKER; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; LANDSCAPE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SEA ICE;

ICELAND; SCANDINAVIA;

ALOPEX LAGOPUS; MAMMALIA; VULPES LAGOPUS;

EID: 79956261018     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2010.18766.x     Document Type: Article

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