Noninvasive molecular tracking of colonizing wolf (Canis lupus) packs in the western Italian Alps

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 857-868

  Lucchini, V ^a   Fabbri, E ^a   Marucco, F ^b   Ricci, S ^b   Boitani, L ^c   Randi, E ^a  

^a Istituto Nazionale per la Fauna Selvatica   (Italy)

^b Parco Naturale Alpi Marittime ^*  (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Canis lupus; Individual molecular tracking; Microsatellites; Molecular sexing; mtDNA control region; Noninvasive genetics

Indexed keywords

CANIDAE; CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS; MAMMALIA; SCATOPHAGIDAE (FISHES);

MICROSATELLITE DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FECES; GENETICS; ITALY; PHYLOGENY; PILOT STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETICS; REGULATOR GENE; SEX CHROMOSOME; WOLF;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FECES; GENETICS, POPULATION; ITALY; LOCUS CONTROL REGION; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PHYLOGENY; PILOT PROJECTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEX CHROMOSOMES; WOLVES;

EID: 0035999365     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.2002.01489.x     Document Type: Article

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