Genetic profile of dingoes (Canis lupus dingo) and free-roaming domestic dogs (C. l. familiaris) in the Tanami Desert, Australia

Wildlife Research

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 196-206

  Newsome, Thomas M ^a,b   Stephens, Danielle ^b,c   Ballard, Guy Anthony ^d   Dickman, Christopher R ^a   Fleming, Peter J S ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^e NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

hybridisation; purity; relatedness; resource supplements; sociality

Indexed keywords

ANCESTRY; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CANID; DNA; DOMESTIC SPECIES; DOMESTIC WASTE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GENE FLOW; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; HYBRIDIZATION; MINE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; REFUSE; RELATEDNESS; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AUSTRALIA; NORTHERN TERRITORY; TANAMI DESERT;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS DINGO; CANIS LUPUS;

EID: 84878337201     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR12128     Document Type: Article

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