| wolves recolonizing islands: genetic consequences and implications for conservation and management. | after a long and deliberate persecution, the grey wolf (canis lupus) is slowly recolonizing its former areas in europe, and the genetic consequences of this process are of particular interest. wolves, though present in mainland estonia for a long time, have only recently started to recolonize the country's two largest islands, saaremaa and hiiumaa. the main objective of this study was to analyse wolf population structure and processes in estonia, with particular attention to the recolonization o ... | 2016 | 27384049 |