Estimating population size by genotyping faeces

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 266, Issue 1420, 1999, Pages 657-663

  Kohn, Michael H ^a   York, Eric C ^b   Kamradt, Denise A ^b   Haught, Gary ^b   Sauvajot, Raymond M ^b   Wayne, Robert K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Canis latrans; Faecal DNA; Mark recapture; Microsatellite; Population size; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

GENOTYPE; MAMMAL; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION SIZE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; DOG; FECES; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; PATERNITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; TECHNIQUE; UNITED STATES; Y CHROMOSOME;

CALIFORNIA; SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LATRANS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0006531292     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.1999.0686     Document Type: Article

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