Estimating marten Martes americana population size using hair capture and genetic tagging

Wildlife Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 201-209

  Mowat, Garth ^a   Paetkau, David ^a  

^a Aurora Wildlife Research   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Density; Hair removal; Mark recapture; Marten; Martes americana; Microsatellite genotyping

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; GLAUCOMYS; GLAUCOMYS SABRINUS; MAMMALIA; MARTES; MARTES AMERICANA; MURIDAE; MUSTELA; MUSTELA ERMINEA; MUSTELA FRENATA; MUSTELINAE; SCIURIDAE; TAMIASCIURUS HUDSONICUS;

EID: 0036741712     PISSN: 09096396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2981/wlb.2002.034     Document Type: Article

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