Examining the uncertain origin and management role of martens on Prince of Wales Island, Alaska

Conservation Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1257-1267

  Pauli, Jonathan N ^a   Moss, Wynne E ^a   Manlick, Philip J ^a   Fountain, Emily D ^a   Kirby, Rebecca ^a   Sultaire, Sean M ^a   Perrig, Paula L ^a   Mendoza, Jorge E ^a   Pokallus, John W ^a   Heaton, Timothy H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b W O Farber Center for Civic Leadership   (United States)

Author keywords

ADNA; Carbon; Indigenous; Invasive; Martes caurina; Nitrogen; Pacific marten

Indexed keywords

CARBON; COLONIZATION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DNA; FOSSIL RECORD; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HOLOCENE; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; INVASIVE SPECIES; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MUSTELID; NITROGEN; ORIGIN OF LIFE; PALEOECOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE;

ALASKA; ALEXANDER ARCHIPELAGO; PRINCE OF WALES ISLAND [ALEXANDER ARCHIPELAGO]; TONGASS NATIONAL FOREST; UNITED STATES;

MAMMALIA; MARTES AMERICANA; MARTES CAURINA;

ALASKA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISPERSAL; DNA SEQUENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOSSIL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISLAND (GEOLOGICAL); MUSTELIDAE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ALASKA; ANIMAL DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FOSSILS; ISLANDS; MUSTELIDAE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84941877154     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12491     Document Type: Article

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