Ecological factors drive differentiation in wolves from British Columbia

• Published in: Journal of biogeography Vol. 36; no. 8; pp. 1516 - 1531
• Main Authors: Muñoz-Fuentes, Violeta, Darimont, Chris T, Wayne, Robert K, Paquet, Paul C, Leonard, Jennifer A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Oxford, UK : Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.08.2009; Blackwell Publishing Ltd; Blackwell Publishing; Blackwell
• Subjects: Animal and plant ecology; Animal, plant and microbial ecology; Biologi; Biological and medical sciences; Biology; Canis lupus; Coastal ecology; conservation biogeography; Conservation biology; Ecological genetics; ESU; faecal DNA; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; General aspects; Genetic variation; GPS; Habitat conservation; Haplotypes; landscape genetics; Mammalia; Marine ecology; mitochondrial DNA; museum specimens; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; Parasites, Prey and Predators; phylogeography; Population ecology; Population genetics; Synecology; Vertebrates: general zoology, morphology, phylogeny, systematics, cytogenetics, geographical distribution; wolf; Wolves; Canada; British Columbia; North America; America; Canada, British Columbia; Canada, Alberta; INE, USA, Alaska; Fissipedia; Carnivora; Landscape; GPS system; faecal DNA; wolf; Phylogeography; ESU; Conservation; Biogeography; Environmental factor; Mitochondrial DNA; GPS; museum specimens; Vertebrata; conservation biogeography; Mammalia; Genetics; Museum; landscape genetics; Feces; Differentiation; Canis lupus

Limited population structure is predicted for vagile, generalist species, such as the grey wolf (Canis lupus L.). Our aims were to study how genetic variability of grey wolves was distributed in an area comprising different habitats that lay within the potential dispersal range of an individual and...