Fractured genetic connectivity threatens a Southern California puma (Puma concolor) population

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Ernest, Holly B ^a,b,d   Vickers, T Winston ^a   Morrison, Scott A ^c   Buchalski, Michael R ^a,b   Boyce, Walter M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; GENE FLOW; GENETIC ISOLATION BY DISTANCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; MALE; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; NONHUMAN; POPULATION MIGRATION; POPULATION SIZE; PUMA; PUMA CONCOLOR; TAIL; UNITED STATES; ANIMAL; WILD ANIMAL;

PUMA CONCOLOR;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; CALIFORNIA; GENETIC VARIATION; PUMA;

EID: 84907833290     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0107985     Document Type: Article

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