Environmental and anthropogenic correlates of hybridization between westslope cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarkii lewisi) and introduced rainbow trout (O. mykiss)

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 885-900

  Yau, Monica M ^a   Taylor, Eric B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Admixture analyses; Hybridization; Microsatellites; Regression trees; Salmonidae; Threatened species; Westslope cutthroat trout

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CONSERVATION GENETICS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GENETIC MARKER; HYBRIDIZATION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; PERSISTENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SALMONID; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ALBERTA; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; IDAHO; MONTANA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

ONCORHYNCHUS; ONCORHYNCHUS CLARKII; ONCORHYNCHUS CLARKII LEWISI; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 84879843021     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-013-0485-8     Document Type: Article

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