Loss of genetic integrity in wild lake trout populations following stocking: Insights from an exhaustive study of 72 lakes from Québec, Canada

Evolutionary Applications

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 625-644

  Valiquette, Eliane ^a   Perrier, Charles ^a   Thibault, Isabel ^b   Bernatchez, Louis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b Ministere du Developpement durable de l'Environnement et des Parcs   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conservation genetics; Fisheries management; Genetic integrity; Individual assignment; Introgression; Resilience; Salmonid; Stocking

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903385612     PISSN: 17524563     EISSN: 17524571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/eva.12160     Document Type: Article

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