Coyote colonization of northern Virginia and admixture with Great Lakes wolves

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1070-1080

  Bozarth, Christine A ^a,b   Hailer, Frank ^a   Rockwood, Larry L ^b   Edwards, Cody W ^b   Maldonado, Jesús E ^a,b,c  

^a Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Canis latrans; colonization; control region; coyote; eastern United States; Great Lakes wolf

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CANID; COLONIZATION; GENERALIST; GENETIC MARKER; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY;

MID-ATLANTIC STATES; UNITED STATES;

CANIDAE; CANIS LATRANS;

EID: 80054740667     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: 15451542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/10-MAMM-A-223.1     Document Type: Article

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