Genetic isolation of wolverine (Gulo gulo) populations at the eastern periphery of their North American distribution

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1543-1559

  Zigouris, Joanna ^a   Neil Dawson, F ^b   Bowman, Jeff ^a   Gillett, Roxanne M ^a   Schaefer, James A ^a   Kyle, Christopher J ^a  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ONTARIO MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conservation; Genetic structure; Gulo gulo; Microsatellites; Mitochondrial DNA; Peripheral population; Wolverine

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION GENETICS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIATION; MAMMAL; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PERIPHERAL REGION; PHILOPATRY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

CANADA;

GULO GULO;

EID: 84868578568     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-012-0399-x     Document Type: Article

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