Native Great Lakes wolves were not restored
Wolves from the Great Lakes area were historically decimated due to habitat loss and predator control programmes. Under the protection of the US Endangered Species Act, the population has rebounded to approximately 3000 individuals. We show that the pre-recovery population was dominated by mitochond...
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ftpubmed:oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:2412915 2023-05-15T15:49:49+02:00 Native Great Lakes wolves were not restored Leonard, Jennifer A Wayne, Robert K 2007-10-23 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2412915 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17956840 https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2007.0354 en eng The Royal Society http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2412915 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17956840 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2007.0354 © 2007 The Royal Society Research Article Text 2007 ftpubmed https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2007.0354 2013-09-01T23:36:47Z Wolves from the Great Lakes area were historically decimated due to habitat loss and predator control programmes. Under the protection of the US Endangered Species Act, the population has rebounded to approximately 3000 individuals. We show that the pre-recovery population was dominated by mitochondrial DNA haplotypes from an endemic American wolf referred to here as the Great Lakes wolf. In contrast, the recent population is admixed, and probably derives also from the grey wolf (Canis lupus) of Old World origin and the coyote (Canis latrans). Consequently, the pre-recovery population has not been restored, casting doubt on delisting actions. Text Canis lupus PubMed Central (PMC) Biology Letters 4 1 95 98 |
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Wolves from the Great Lakes area were historically decimated due to habitat loss and predator control programmes. Under the protection of the US Endangered Species Act, the population has rebounded to approximately 3000 individuals. We show that the pre-recovery population was dominated by mitochondrial DNA haplotypes from an endemic American wolf referred to here as the Great Lakes wolf. In contrast, the recent population is admixed, and probably derives also from the grey wolf (Canis lupus) of Old World origin and the coyote (Canis latrans). Consequently, the pre-recovery population has not been restored, casting doubt on delisting actions. |
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Native Great Lakes wolves were not restored |
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Native Great Lakes wolves were not restored |
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