Fine-scale genetic structure suggests low levels of short-range gene flow in a wolf population of the Italian Apennines

European Journal of Wildlife Research

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 949-958

  Scandura, Massimo ^a   Iacolina, Laura ^a   Capitani, Claudia ^b   Gazzola, Andrea ^a   Mattioli, Luca ^c   Apollonio, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^c Servizio Piano Faunistico Provincia di Arezzo   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autosomal microsatellites; Canis lupus; Cryptic genetic structure; Dispersal; Non invasive genotyping

Indexed keywords

CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS;

EID: 79960463231     PISSN: 16124642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10344-011-0509-y     Document Type: Article

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