Genetic structure of expanding wolf (Canis lupus) populations in Italy and Croatia, and the early steps of the recolonization of the Eastern Alps

Mammalian Biology

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 138-148

  Fabbri, E ^a   Caniglia, R ^a   Kusak, J ^b   Galov, A ^c   Gomercic T ^b   Arbanasic H ^c   Huber, D ^b   Randi, E ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND RESEARCH ISPRA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Canis lupus; Colonization genetics; Genetic structure; Landscape genetics; Population expansion

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENOTYPE; MAMMAL; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; POPULATION DECLINE; RECOLONIZATION; SURVIVORSHIP;

ALPS; CROATIA; ITALY;

CANIDAE; CANIS LUPUS;

EID: 84896393853     PISSN: 16165047     EISSN: 16181476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mambio.2013.10.002     Document Type: Article

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