Population fragmentation and inter-ecosystem movements of grizzly bears in Western Canada and the Northern United States

Wildlife Monographs

Volumn , Issue 180, 2012, Pages 1-46

  Proctor, Michael F ^a   Paetkau, David ^b   McLellan, Bruce N ^c   Stenhouse, Gordon B ^d   Kendall, Katherine C ^e   MacE, Richard D ^f   Kasworm, Wayne F ^g   Servheen, Christopher ^h   Lausen, Cori L ^a   Gibeau, Michael L ⁱ   Wakkinen, Wayne L ^j   Haroldson, Mark A ^k   Mowat, Garth ^c   Apps, Clayton D ^l   Ciarniello, Lana M ^m   Barclay, Robert M R ⁿ   Boyce, Mark S ^m   Schwartz, Charles C ^k   Strobeck, Curtis ^m  

^a Birchdale Ecological Ltd   (Canada)

^b WILDLIFE GENETICS INTERNATIONAL   (Canada)

^c RESEARCH BRANCH   (Canada)

^d Foothills Research Institute   (Canada)

^e U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^f WILDLIFE AND PARKS   (United States)

^g US Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

ⁱ PARKS CANADA   (Canada)

^j IDAHO DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

^k MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l Aspen Wildlife Research Inc   (Canada)

^m UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

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Author keywords

climate change; demographic fragmentation; DNA; gene flow; grizzly bear; microsatellites; population assignment; population fragmentation; radio telemetry; Ursus arctos

Indexed keywords

EID: 84055193455     PISSN: 00840173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1002/wmon.6     Document Type: Article

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