Genetic structure and rabies spread potential in raccoons: The role of landscape barriers and sex-biased dispersal

Evolutionary Applications

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 393-404

  Côté, Héloïse ^a   Garant, Dany ^a   Robert, Karine ^a   Mainguy, Julien ^b   Pelletier, Fanie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b MINISTÈRE DES RESSOURCES NATURELLES ET DE LA FAUNE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Genetic differentiation; Isolation by distance; Landscape genetics; Microsatellites; Procyon lotor; Raccoon rabies variant

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860295610     PISSN: 17524563     EISSN: 17524571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-4571.2012.00238.x     Document Type: Article

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