Microsatellite population structure of Newfoundland black bears ( Ursus americanus hamiltoni )

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Zoology
• Main Authors: Marshall, H. Dawn, Yaskowiak, Edward S., Dyke, Casidhe, Perry, Elizabeth A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2011
• Subjects: Animal Science and Zoology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Verte; Baie Verte; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z11-056; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/full-xml/10.1139/z11-056; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/z11-056

We investigated population structure of black bears ( Ursus americanus hamiltoni Cameron, 1957) from insular Newfoundland using the microsatellite profiles of 12 loci from three broadly distributed areas (Northern, Baie Verte, and Bonavista peninsulas). Our goals were to revisit earlier findings of...