Gene flow and demographic history of leopards (Panthera pardus) in the central Indian highlands

Evolutionary Applications

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 949-959

  Dutta, Trishna ^a,b   Sharma, Sandeep ^a,b   Maldonado, Jesús E ^a   Wood, Thomas C ^b   Panwar, Hemendra S ^c   Seidensticker, John ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Peace Institute Charitable Trust   (India)

Author keywords

Effective population size; Forest corridors; Gene flow; India; Leopards; Metapopulation; Noninvasive genetics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883045906     PISSN: 17524563     EISSN: 17524571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/eva.12078     Document Type: Article

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