Unregulated hunting and genetic recovery from a severe population decline: the cautionary case of Bulgarian wolves

European wolf (Canis lupus) populations have suffered extensive decline and range contraction due to anthropogenic culling. In Bulgaria, although wolves are still recovering from a severe demographic bottleneck in the 1970s, hunting is allowed with few constraints. A recent increase in hunting press...

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Published in:	Conservation genetics Vol. 15; no. 2; pp. 405 - 417
Main Authors:	Moura, Andre E, Tsingarska, Elena, D browski, Michał J, Czarnomska, Sylwia D, Jędrzejewska, Bogumiła, Pilot, Małgorzata
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Dordrecht Springer-Verlag 01.04.2014 Springer Netherlands Springer Nature B.V
Subjects:	Animal Genetics and Genomics Animal populations Anthropogenic factors Biodiversity Biomedical and Life Sciences Canis lupus Conservation Biology/Ecology dogs Ecology Evolutionary Biology founder effect Genetic diversity genetic techniques and protocols genetic variation heterozygosity Hunting Hybridization Inbreeding introgression jackals Life Sciences Local population mitochondrial DNA Plant Genetics and Genomics Population decline population dynamics Population genetics Population structure Research Article Subpopulations viability Wildlife conservation Wolves Grey wolf Bottleneck Inbreeding Hunting Bulgaria Hybridisation
ISSN:	1566-0621, 1572-9737
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