Use of oligonucleotide fingerprinting and faecal DNA in identifying the distribution of the Chinese tiger (Panthera tigris amoyensis Hilzheimer)

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1641-1648

  Wan, Qiu Hong ^a   Fang, Sheng Guo ^a   Chen, Guo Fu ^b   Wang, Zhang Ming ^b   Ding, Ping ^a   Zhu, Mu Yuan ^a   Chen, Kong Shou ^c   Yu, Jiuhua ^c   Zhao, Yue Ping ^c  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Forest Dept of Zhejiang Province   (China)

^c Fengyangshan Baishanzu Stt Nat R   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese tiger; DNA fingerprinting; Faecal DNA; Species identification; Species specific probe

Indexed keywords

DNA FINGERPRINTING; FELID; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

CHINA;

FELIDAE; MAMMALIA; NEOFELIS NEBULOSA; PANTHERA; PANTHERA PARDUS; PANTHERA TIGRIS; PANTHERA TIGRIS AMOYENSIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037514197     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023693613608     Document Type: Article

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