Extensive sampling of polar bears (Ursus maritimus) in the Northwest Passage (Canadian Arctic Archipelago) reveals population differentiation across multiple spatial and temporal scales

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 3, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 3152-3165

  Campagna, Leonardo ^a,b   Van Coeverden de Groot, Peter J ^a   Saunders, Brenda L ^a   Atkinson, Stephen N ^c   Weber, Diana S ^d   Dyck, Markus G ^a,e   Boag, Peter T ^a   Lougheed, Stephen C ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MUSEO ARGENTINO DE CIENCIAS NATURALES BERNARDINO RIVADAVIA   (Argentina)

^c New College of Florida ^*  (Canada)

^d NEW COLLEGE OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^e Government of Nunavut   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conservation genetics; DNA microsatellites; Marine mammals; Mark recapture; Mitochondrial DNA; Species at risk

Indexed keywords

BRENDA; MAMMALIA; URSUS MARITIMUS;

EID: 84887001626     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.662     Document Type: Article

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