Phylogeography of endemic ermine (Mustela erminea) in Blackwell Science Ltd

• Main Authors: Southeast Alaska, Melissa A. Fleming, Joseph A. Cook
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2001
• Subjects: cytochrome b; endemism; glacial refugia; mitochondrial DNA; Mustelidae; Canada; Pacific; British Columbia; Prince of Wales Island; Alaska
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.385.3837; http://www.msb.unm.edu/mammals/publications/Fleming-Cook2002.pdf

The North Pacific Coast (NPC) of North America is a region of high mammalian endemism, possibly due to its highly fragmented landscape and complex glacial history. For example, four island and one mainland subspecies of ermine, Mustela erminea, have been described as endemic to southeast Alaska alon...