Genetic diversity of Dinaric brown bears (Ursus arctos) in Croatia with implications for bear conservation in Europe

Mammalian Biology

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 615-621

  Kocijan, Ivna ^a   Galov, Ana ^a   Ćetković, Helena ^b   Kusak, Josip ^c   Gomerčić, Tomislav ^c   Huber, Dstrokeuro ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Conservation; Dinaric brown bears; Genetic diversity; Management; Ursus arctos

Indexed keywords

BEAR; CONNECTIVITY; CONSERVATION GENETICS; EFFECTIVE POPULATION SIZE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIATION; ISOLATED POPULATION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PHILOPATRY; POPULATION BOTTLENECK; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIORITIZATION; RANGE SIZE; RECOLONIZATION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SURVIVAL; TRANSLOCATION;

CROATIA;

URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 79961027467     PISSN: 16165047     EISSN: 16181476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mambio.2010.12.003     Document Type: Article

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