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Genetic status of Asiatic black bear (Ursus thibetanus) reintroduced into South Korea based on mitochondrial DNA and microsatellite loci analysis.
The Journal of heredity - 1 Jan 2000
Kim Yung-Kun, Hong Yoon-Jee, Min Mi-Sook, Kim Kyung Seok, Kim Young-Jun, Voloshina Inna, Myslenkov Alexander, Smith Gavin J D, Cuong Nguyen Dinh, Tho Huynh Huu, Han Sang-Hoon, Yang Doo-Ha, Kim Chang-Bae, Lee Hang
Abstract excerpt
The Asiatic black bear is one of the most endangered mammals in South Korea owing to population declines resulting from human exploitation and habitat fragmentation. To restore the black bear population in South Korea, 27 bear cubs from North Korea and Russian Far East (Primorsky Krai) were imported and released into Jirisan National Park, a reservoir of the largest wild population in South Korea, in 2004. To...
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