Phylogeography and population history of Leopardus guigna, the smallest American felid

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 631-653

  Napolitano, Constanza ^a   Johnson, Warren E ^b,i   Sanderson, Jim ^c   O'Brien, Stephen J ^d   Rus Hoelzel, A ^e   Freer, Rachel ^e,f   Dunstone, Nigel ^e,g   Ritland, Kermit ^h   Ritland, Carol E ^h   Poulin, Elie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Small Wild Cat Conservation Foundation   (United States)

^d ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^e DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f FPCR Environment and Design Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^g Natural History New Zealand   (New Zealand)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

ⁱ SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Demographic history; Dispersal barriers; Felid; Leopardus guigna; Phylogeography

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FELID; GENE FLOW; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; LAST GLACIAL; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RAINFOREST;

CALIFORNIA; SAN RAFAEL [CALIFORNIA]; SOUTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

FELIDAE; ONCIFELIS GUIGNA;

EID: 84900501031     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-014-0566-3     Document Type: Article

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