Population genetics of caribou in the Alaska-Yukon border region: implications for designation of conservation units and small herd persistence

• Main Author: Mager, Karen Hibbard-Rode
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2024
• Subjects: Microsatellite loci; Rangifer tarandus; Barren-ground caribou; Northern Mountain caribou; Conservation unit; designatable unit; metapopulation; Canada; Clear Creek; Hart River; Yukon; Alaska
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.gtht76hv1

Better knowledge of genetic relationships between the Fortymile caribou herd and its neighbors is needed for conservation decision-making in Canada. Here, we contribute the first fine-scale analysis of genetic population structure in nine contiguous caribou herds at the geographic boundaries between...