Urban habitat fragmentation and genetic population structure of bobcats in Coastal Southern California

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 168, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 265-280

  Ruell, E W ^a   Riley, S P D ^b   Douglas, M R ^a   Antolin, M F ^a   Pollinger, J R ^c   Tracey, J A ^a   Lyren, L M ^d   Boydston, E E ^d   Fisher, R N ^d   Crooks, K R ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COASTAL ZONE; GENETIC VARIATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; INVASIVE SPECIES; LANDSCAPE; MAMMAL; MIGRATION DETERMINANT; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SAMPLING; URBAN AREA; URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

LYNX RUFUS;

EID: 84873023112     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031-168.2.265     Document Type: Article

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