Defining subspecies, invalid taxonomic tools, and the fate of the woodland caribou

2007/04/01 by Valerius Geist · 3 citations
Environmental Science · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · #Wildlife Ecology and Conservation #Genetic diversity and population structure #Marine animal studies overview #Woodland caribou #Subspecies #Woodland #Geography #Ecology #Biology #Habitat

paper · pdf · doi:10.7557/2.27.4.315

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Abstract

If my argument is valid, then true woodland caribou are only the very few, dark, smallmanned caribou scattered across the south of caribou distribution. They need the most urgent of attention.

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• Available names for Rangifer (Mammalia, Artiodactyla, Cervidae) species and subspecies
• Migratory woodland caribou [wikipedia]
• Reindeer [wikipedia]

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