High mitochondrial DNA diversity of an introduced alien carnivore: Comparison of feral and ranch American mink Neovison vison in Poland

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 757-768

  Zalewski, Andrzej ^a   Michalska Parda, Aleksandra ^b   Ratkiewicz, Miroslaw ^c   Kozakiewicz, Michal ^a,b   Bartoszewicz, Magdalena ^d   Brzeziński, Marcin ^b  

^a MAMMAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIALYSTOK   (Poland)

^d NONE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Biological invasions; Invasive alien species; Mink farming; Multiple introduction; Population genetics; Propagule pressure

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CARNIVORE; COLONIZATION; FERAL ORGANISM; FITNESS; GENE FLOW; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC STRUCTURE; INVASIVE SPECIES; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MUSTELID; PROPAGULE; TRAPPING;

BELARUS; POLAND;

MUSTELA; MUSTELA VISON;

EID: 79958234685     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2011.00767.x     Document Type: Article

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