This project supports the analysis of the west-wide (and cross-border, as the project involves samples from across southern Canada as well) analysis of wolverine gene flow and population structure. Building upon previous occupancy surveys and tissue sample collection conducted through collaborative work between the Service and the Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (WAFWA), this project proposes to provide funding for a quantitative geneticist at the University of Montana to analyze wolverine genetic data, conduct two workshops with State and provincial experts, conduct landscape-scale genetic connectivity assessments, and publish a peer-review manuscript.
PI: Erin Landguth erin.landguth@gmail.com
PI/Funding recipients organization: University of Montana
Start date: 11/1/2019
Projected end date: 11/30/2021
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Funding sources and amounts: US Fish and Wildlife Service, Legacy Region 6, Science Applications, $58,750