Habitat selection predicts genetic relatedness in an alpine ungulate

Ecology

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1317-1329

  Shafer, Aaron B A ^a   Northrup, Joseph M ^a,b   White, Kevin S ^c   Boyce, Mark S ^a   Côté, Steeve D ^d   Coltman, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^c ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

^d CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Expert opinion; Global positioning system; Habitat selection; Landscape genetics; Least cost path; Mountain goats; Oreamnos americanus; Resistance surfaces; Resource selection function; Southeastern Alaska; USA

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; BIOTELEMETRY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENE FLOW; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC MARKER; GOAT; GPS; HABITAT SELECTION; HETEROGENEITY; MOVEMENT; RELATEDNESS; SATELLITE DATA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BOVIDS; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; UNITED STATES;

ALASKA; ANIMALS; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; MALE; RUMINANTS;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84862271591     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/11-0815.1     Document Type: Article

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