genetic legacy of extirpation and re-colonization in Vancouver Island wolves

• Published in: Conservation genetics Vol. 11; no. 2; pp. 547 - 556
• Main Authors: Muñoz-Fuentes, Violeta, Darimont, Chris T, Paquet, Paul C, Leonard, Jennifer A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands 01.04.2010; Springer Netherlands; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Animal Genetics and Genomics; at-risk population; Biodiversity; Biologi; Biology; Biomedical and Life Sciences; British Columbia; Colonization; Conservation biology; Conservation Biology/Ecology; Conservation genetics; Dogs; Domestic animals; Ecology; Evolutionary Biology; extinction; Genetics; Haplotypes; Hybridization; introgression; Life Sciences; microsatellite repeats; Mitochondrial DNA; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; Offspring; pets; Plant Genetics and Genomics; Population genetics; Population number; population size; progeny; Research Article; Species extinction; Wildlife management; Wolves; British Columbia; Canada; Domestic dog; Microsatellites; mtDNA; Allee effect; Museum specimens; Historical DNA; Hybridization; Wolf; Introgression
• ISSN: 1566-0621; 1572-9737; 1572-9737
• DOI: 10.1007/s10592-009-9974-1

Hybridization between wild and domestic species is of conservation concern because it can result in the loss of adaptations and/or disappearance of a distinct taxon. Wolves from Vancouver Island, British Columbia (Canada), have been subject to several eradication campaigns during the twentieth centu...