ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The authors would like to acknowledge the North American Fur Auctions
(NAFA) and the Canadian Museum of Nature (CMN) for co-operation in
facilitating sample collection. We thank all lab and field personnel for
assistance, and JR Row, EL Koen and CM Watt for the contribution of
neutral genetic datasets.
This work was funded by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research
Council of Canada (NSERC) (grant numbers STPGP 391719-10) and Discovery
Grants to Dr. J. Bowman and Dr. P. Wilson as well as Canada Research
Chairs Program funding to Dr. P. Wilson, and the Ontario Ministry of
Natural Resources and Forestry.