Thursday 2 November 2017

Routes out of isolation for Yellowstone grizzlies


Montana scientists project pathways to wider mating pools in the Northern Rockies, based on characteristic movements of male bears

Date:  October 23, 2017
Source:  Ecological Society of America

Summary:
An interagency team of Montana and Wyoming biologists models possible routes to a reunion of the Yellowstone and Northern Continental bear populations through adventurous male immigrants. An influx of genetic diversity through breeding with outsiders could give the Yellowstone grizzly population greater resiliency to changing environmental conditions.


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