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Two centuries of the Scandinavian wolf population: patterns of genetic variability and migration during an era of dramatic decline.
Molecular ecology - 1 Apr 2003
Flagstad Ø, Walker C W, Vilà C, Sundqvist A-K, Fernholm B, Hufthammer A K, Wiig Ø, Koyola I, Ellegren H
Abstract excerpt
The grey wolf (Canis lupus) was numerous on the Scandinavian peninsula in the early 19th century. However, as a result of intense persecution, the population declined dramatically and was virtually extinct from the peninsula by the 1960s. We examined historical patterns of genetic variability throughout the period of decline, from 1829 to 1979. Contemporary Finnish wolves, considered to be representative of a...
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