Recovery of wolverines in the Western United States: Recent extirpation and recolonization or range retraction and expansion?

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 325-334

  McKelvey, Kevin S ^a   Aubry, Keith B ^b   Anderson, Neil J ^c   Clevenger, Anthony P ^d   Copeland, Jeffrey P ^e   Heinemeyer, Kimberley S ^f   Inman, Robert M ^g   Squires, John R ^a   Waller, John S ^h   Pilgrim, Kristine L ^a   Schwartz, Michael K ^a  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c WILDLIFE AND PARKS   (United States)

^d MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Wolverine Foundation   (United States)

^f Round River Conservation Studies   (United States)

^g WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^h NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

extirpated; Gulo; haplotype; historical; introduction; mitochondrial; wolverine

Indexed keywords

CANID; GENETIC VARIATION; LAST GLACIATION; LEARNING; LOCAL EXTINCTION; MITOCHONDRION; MUSTELID; RANGE EXPANSION; RECOLONIZATION; RECOVERY PLAN; TRANSLOCATION;

CANADA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

GULO; GULO GULO;

EID: 84895118204     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: 19372817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.649     Document Type: Article

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