Genetic diversity in caribou linked to past and future climate change

Glenn Yannic (), Loïc Pellissier, Joaquín Ortego, Nicolas Lecomte, Serge Couturier, Christine Cuyler, Christian Dussault, Kris J. Hundertmark, R. Justin Irvine, Deborah A. Jenkins, Leonid Kolpashikov, Karen Mager, Marco Musiani, Katherine L. Parker, Knut H. Røed, Taras Sipko, Skarphéðinn G. Þórisson, Byron V. Weckworth, Antoine Guisan, Louis Bernatchez () and Steeve D. Côté ()
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Glenn Yannic: Université Laval, Pavillon Alexandre-Vachon
Loïc Pellissier: Biophore Building, University of Lausanne
Joaquín Ortego: Université Laval, Pavillon Alexandre-Vachon
Nicolas Lecomte: University of Tromsø
Serge Couturier: Direction de la faune terrestre et de l’avifaune, Ministère du Développement durable, de l’Environnement, de la Faune et des Parcs du Québec
Christine Cuyler: Greenland Institute of Natural Resources
Christian Dussault: Direction de la faune terrestre et de l’avifaune, Ministère du Développement durable, de l’Environnement, de la Faune et des Parcs du Québec
Kris J. Hundertmark: Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska Fairbanks
R. Justin Irvine: The James Hutton Institute
Deborah A. Jenkins: Baffin Region, Government of Nunavut
Leonid Kolpashikov: Extreme North Agricultural Research Institute
Karen Mager: Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Marco Musiani: Faculties of Environmental Design and Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary
Katherine L. Parker: Natural Resources and Environmental Studies, University of Northern British Columbia
Knut H. Røed: Norwegian School of Veterinary Science
Taras Sipko: Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences
Skarphéðinn G. Þórisson: East Iceland Natural History Institute
Byron V. Weckworth: Panthera
Antoine Guisan: Biophore Building, University of Lausanne
Louis Bernatchez: Université Laval, Pavillon Alexandre-Vachon
Steeve D. Côté: Université Laval, Pavillon Alexandre-Vachon

Nature Climate Change, 2014, vol. 4, issue 2, 132-137

Abstract: Caribou populations that have experienced a relatively stable climatic history have high genetic diversity and occur in regions where climate stability is expected to continue. These findings, based on analyses of molecular data, predicted species distributions and a diffusion model, provide insight into the role of past and future climate change in controlling species’ genetic structure and evolutionary potential.

Date: 2014
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