Using mitochondrial DNA to inventory the distribution of remnant populations of New England cottontails

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 725-730

  Litvaitis, Marianne K ^a,b,c,d   Litvaitis, John A ^a,d,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^c CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^e Dept of Wildlife Ecology at UNH ^*

^f OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cottontail rabbits; DNA; Fecal pellets; Monitoring technique; Sylvilagus transitionalis; Tissue samples

Indexed keywords

EASTERN COTTONTAIL; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; NEW ENGLAND COTTONTAIL; REMNANT POPULATION;

USA, NEW ENGLAND;

SYLVILAGUS FLORIDANUS; SYLVILAGUS TRANSITIONALIS;

EID: 0030301017     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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