Introgression Level Achieved through Florida Panther Genetic Restoration

Introgression Level Achieved through Florida Panther Genetic Restoration

Florida panthers exist today as a small isolated population of 60 to 70 individuals in southern Florida after two centuries of habitat loss and persecution eliminated them from much of the southeastern US. A plan to restore genetic diversity within the panther population to levels comparable with th...

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Veröffentlicht in:Endangered species update 2000-09, Vol.17 (5), p.100
Hauptverfasser: Land, E. Darrell, Lacy, Robert C
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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Animal populations
Endangered & extinct species
Genetics
Wildcats
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Zusammenfassung:Florida panthers exist today as a small isolated population of 60 to 70 individuals in southern Florida after two centuries of habitat loss and persecution eliminated them from much of the southeastern US. A plan to restore genetic diversity within the panther population to levels comparable with the western puma was initiated with the release of eight Texas puma in 1995.
ISSN:1081-3705