A coyote in sheep's clothing: Predator identification from saliva

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 926-932

  Williams, Christen Lenney ^a,e,f,g   Blejwas, Karen ^b,c   Johnston, John J ^a,b,h,i   Jaeger, Michael M ^b,d,j,k,l  

^a NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA SOUTHEAST   (United States)

^d UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^g PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

ⁱ RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF ST THOMAS   (United States)

^k CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Coyote; Individual identification; Microsatellite; Non invasive; Saliva; Sex identification; Species identification; Sry; Wildlife forensics

Indexed keywords

DNA FINGERPRINTING; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; PREDATOR; SALIVA;

CANIDAE; CANIS LATRANS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 1642546936     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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