Evaluation of fecal mtDNa analysis as a method to determine the geographic distribution of a rare lagomorph

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1061-1065

  Kovach, Adrienne I ^a,b,c,d   Litvaitis, Marianne K ^a,e   Litvaitis, John A ^a,e,f,g,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^e UNH ^*

^f OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^h Northeast Section of TWS

Author keywords

Feces; Inventory; Lagomorph; Mitochondrial DNA; Non invasive genetic sampling

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION GENETICS; FECES; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; LAGOMORPH; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

NEW ENGLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; LAGOMORPHA; LEPUS; LEPUS AMERICANUS; SYLVILAGUS; SYLVILAGUS FLORIDANUS; SYLVILAGUS TRANSITIONALIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 1642546893     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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