Genotyping faeces links individuals to their diet

Ecology Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 477-483

  Fedriani, Jose M ^a   Kohn, Michael H ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Canis latrans; Coyote; Faeces; Foraging behaviour; Molecular scatology

Indexed keywords

DIETARY INTAKE; FECES ANALYSIS; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GENETIC VARIANCE; PREDATION; SAMPLING; WILD RELATIVE; WILDLIFE CONSERVATION;

DIET; FECES; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GENOTYPE; MAMMAL; SAMPLING;

EID: 0034754205     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-0248.2001.00250.x     Document Type: Article

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