Genetic analyses of wild bison in Alberta, Canada: implications for recovery and disease management

• Published in: Journal of Mammalogy
• Main Authors: M. C. Ball, T. L. Fulton, G. A. Wilson
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: American Society of Mammalogists 2016
• Subjects: Northwest Territories; Canada; Harper; Wood Buffalo; Ronald Lake; Harper Creek; Wood Bison; Wood Buffalo National Park; Bison bison bison
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyw110

In Alberta, wild bison, Bison bison (Linnaeus 1758) occurring outside protected areas are assumed to have originated from the free-ranging bison populations within Wood Buffalo National Park (WBNP). As bison in WBNP are infected with 2 diseases, it was assumed that neighboring bison outside WBNP wer...