Estimating animal abundance using noninvasive DNA sampling: Promise and pitfalls

Ecological Applications

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 283-294

  Mills, L Scott ^a   Citta, John J ^a   Lair, Kevin P ^a   Schwartz, Michael K ^a   Tallmon, David A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Demography; DNA; Genetic marker; Lincoln Petersen estimator; Mark recapture; Microsatellite; Minimum number alive; Monitoring; Population estimation; Probability of identity; Rare species; Trend analysis

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; SAMPLING BIAS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0034141982     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(2000)010[0283:EAAUND]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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