Temporally dynamic habitat suitability predicts genetic relatedness among caribou

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 281, Issue 1792, 2014, Pages

  Yannic, Glenn ^a,b   Pellissier, Loïc ^c   Le Corre, Maël ^a   Dussault, Christian ^d   Bernatchez, Louis ^b   Côté, Steeve D ^a  

^a CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

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

Author keywords

Causal modelling; Circuit theory; Habitat suitability models; Landscape genetics; Least cost path; Rangifer tarandus

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIVITY; DEER; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; GENE FLOW; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE; HETEROGENEITY; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; POPULATION GENETICS; RELATEDNESS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ANIMAL; CANADA; ECOSYSTEM; GENE FLOW; GENETICS; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION MIGRATION; REINDEER; SEASON; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; GENE FLOW; GENETICS; GENETICS, POPULATION; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; QUEBEC; REINDEER; SEASONS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

CANADA; LABRADOR; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 84905970539     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2014.0502     Document Type: Article

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