Population genetic structure of the cyclic snowshoe hare ( Lepus americanus) in southwestern Yukon, Canada

• Published in: Molecular Ecology
• Main Authors: Burton, Cole, Krebs, Charles J., Taylor, Eric B.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2002
• Subjects: Yukon; Canada; Kluane Lake; Alaska
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-294x.2002.01566.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1046%2Fj.1365-294X.2002.01566.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1046/j.1365-294X.2002.01566.x

Abstract Spatial population structure has important ecological and evolutionary consequences. Little is known about the population structure of snowshoe hares ( Lepus americanus ), despite their ecological importance in North American boreal forests. We used seven variable microsatellite DNA loci to...