Genetic and demographic analysis of invasive Peromyscus leucopus in the northern Great Lakes region

• Published in: Journal of mammalogy Vol. 100; no. 2; pp. 345 - 353
• Main Authors: Moscarella, Rosa A., Hoffman, Susan M. G., Myers, Philip, Yahnke, Christopher J., Lundrigan, Barbara L.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: American Society of Mammalogists 24.04.2019; Oxford University Press
• Subjects: climate change; Feature Articles; geographic expansion; Great Lakes; Peromyscus; phylogeography; white-footed mouse

Many organisms worldwide are responding to rapid climate change by shifting their geographic ranges. The white-footed mouse, Peromyscus leucopus, has expanded its range northward in Michigan and Wisconsin since 1980 and is now common in localities where it was previously unknown. To investigate the...