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Impact of landscape management on the genetic structure of red squirrel populations.
Science (New York, N.Y.) - 21 Sept 2001
Hale M L, Lurz P W, Shirley M D, Rushton S, Fuller R M, Wolff K
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Landscape management practices that alter the degree of habitat fragmentation can significantly affect the genetic structure of animal populations. British red squirrels use "stepping stone" patches of habitat to move considerable distances through a fragmented habitat. Over the past few decades, the planting of a large conifer forest has connected groups of forest fragments in the north of England with those in...
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