The origin of recently established red fox populations in the United States: Translocations or natural range expansions?

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 52-65

  Statham, Mark J ^a,b   Sacks, Benjamin N ^b   Aubry, Keith B ^c   Perrine, John D ^d   Wisely, Samantha M ^a,e  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

fur farm; mitochondrial DNA; museum samples; phylogeography; red fox; translocation; Vulpes vulpes

Indexed keywords

ANCESTRY; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CANID; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LIVESTOCK FARMING; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MUSEUM; NATIVE SPECIES; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; RANGE EXPANSION; TRANSLOCATION;

CANADA; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED STATES;

CANIDAE; VULPES; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 84857243317     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: 15451542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/11-MAMM-A-033.1     Document Type: Article

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