Testing environmental DNA sampling and predictive modeling as means to investigate wood frog (Rana sylvatica) distribution in Alaska and Northern Canada

• Main Author: Spangler, Mark Anthony
• Other Authors: Huettmann, Falk, López, J. Andrés, Barnes, Brian M.
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Wood frog; Alaska; Genetics; Canada; Northern; Geographical distribution; Models; Elliot; Fairbanks; North Star; Yukon
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11122/8142

Thesis (M.S.) University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2017 Global amphibian declines over the past 30+ years have led to a greater awareness of amphibian conservation issues. Few amphibian species occur in northern landscapes, however, and the species that do occur are widely dispersed and at the northern e...