Species identification from scat: An unambiguous genetic method

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 835-839

  Foran, David R ^a,b,c   Crooks, Kevin R ^a,d,e   Minta, Steven C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carnivore; Mitochondrial DNA; PCR; Scat; Species identification

Indexed keywords

GENETIC ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031419647     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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