Microsatellites identify depredated waterfowl remains from glaucous gull stomachs

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1401-1405

  Scribner, Kim T ^a,c   Bowman, Timothy D ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Food habits; Glaucous gulls; Microsatellites; PCR; Predation; Waterfowl

Indexed keywords

CHEN CANAGICA; DUCK; FORAGING; GENE LOCUS; IDENTIFICATION; LARUS HYPERBOREUS; MICROSATELLITE DNA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETICS; PREDATION; SOMATERIA FISCHERI; SWAN; UNITED STATES; WATERFOWL;

EID: 0031684788     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294x.1998.00434.x     Document Type: Article

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