Genetic evaluation of a reintroduced population of black-footed ferrets (Mustela nigripes)

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 751-759

  Cain, Cynthia M ^a   Livieri, Travis M ^b   Swanson, Bradley J ^a  

^a CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Prairie Wildlife Research Colorado   (United States)

Author keywords

black footed ferret; bottleneck; effective population size; heterozygosity; microsatellites; Mustela nigripes; reintroduction; translocation

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ALLELE; CAPTIVE BREEDING; DEMOGRAPHY; EFFECTIVE POPULATION SIZE; ESTIMATION METHOD; EXTINCTION; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC MARKER; HETEROZYGOSITY; MAGNITUDE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MUSTELID; POPULATION STRUCTURE; REINTRODUCTION; TRANSLOCATION; WILD POPULATION;

CONATA BASIN; SOUTH DAKOTA; UNITED STATES;

MUSTELA; MUSTELA NIGRIPES;

EID: 80051900630     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: 15451542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/10-MAMM-S-104.1     Document Type: Article

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