Noninvasive genetic tracking of the endangered Pyrenean brown bear population

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 869-876

  Taberlet, P ^a   Camarra, J J ^b   Griffin, S ^a   Uhres E ^a   Hanotte, O ^c,d   Waits, L P ^a   Dubois Paganon, C ^a   Burke, T ^c   Bouvet, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ JOSEPH FOURIER   (France)

^b OFFICE NATIONAL DE LA CHASSE ET DE LA FAUNE SAUVAGE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Conservation genetics; Faeces; Genetic typing; Hair; Microsatellites; Multiple tubes approach; Polymerase chain reaction; Ursus arctos

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 0031239603     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.1997.tb00141.x     Document Type: Article

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