From the field: A single-catch snare to collect brown bear hair for genetic mark-recapture studies

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 766-773

  Beier, LaVern R ^a   Lewis, Stephen B ^a,b   Flynn, Rodney W ^a,b   Pendleton, Grey ^a,b   Schumacher, Thomas V ^a,b  

^a ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

^b ADF and G   (United States)

Author keywords

Brown bear; Hair snares; Mark recapture; Methods; Non invasive sampling; Oncorhynchus spp.; Pacific salmon; Ursus arctos

Indexed keywords

BEAR; GENETIC MARKER; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING; POPULATION GENETICS;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS; ONCORHYNCHUS; URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 27144534037     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0091-7648(2005)33[766:FTFASS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

References (18)

1. ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME. 2004. Commercial Fisheries Regional Database. Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Division of Commercial Fisheries, Douglas, USA.
2. BOULANGER, J., B. N. MCLELLAN, J. G. WOODS, M. F. PROCTOR, AND C. STROBECK. 2004. Sampling design and bias in DNA-based capture-mark-recapture population and density estimates of grizzly bears. Journal of Wildlife Management 68: 457-469.
3. BOULANGER, J., G. C. WHITE, B. N. MCLELLAN, J. WOODS, M. PROCTOR, AND S. HIMMER. 2002. A meta-analysis of grizzly bear DNA mark-recapture projects in British Columbia, Canada. Ursus 13: 137-152.
4. FORAN, D. R., S. C. MINTA, AND K. S. HEINEMEYER. 1997. DNA-based analysis of hair to identify species and individuals for population research and monitoring. Wildlife Society Bulletin 25:840-847.
5. HAIG, S. M. 1998. Molecular contributions to conservation. Ecology 79: 413-425.
6. MILLER, S. D., E. F. BECKER, AND W. B. BALLARD. 1987. Black and brown bear density estimates using modified capture-recapture techniques in Alaska. International Conference on Bears Research and Management 7: 23-35.
7. MILLER, S. D., G. C. WHITE, R. A. SELLERS, H. V. REYNOLDS, J. W. SCHOEN, K. TITUS, V. G. BARNES, JR., R. B. SMITH, R. R. NELSON, W. B. BALLARD, AND C. C. SCHWARTZ. 1997. Brown and black bear density estimation in Alaska using radiotelemetry and replicated mark-resight techniques. Wildlife Monograph 133.
8. MILLS, L. S., J. J. CITTA, K. P. LAIR, M. K. SCHWARTZ, AND D. A. TALLMON. 2000. Estimating animal abundance using noninvasive DNA sampling: promises and pitfalls. Ecological Applications 10:283-294.
9. MOWAT, G., AND C. STROBECK. 2000. Estimating population size of grizzly bears using hair capture, DNA profiling, and mark-recapture analysis. Journal of Wildlife Management 64:183-193.
10. PAETKAU, D. 2003. An empirical exploration of data quality in DNA-based population inventories. Molecular Ecology 12:1375-1387.
11. PAETKAU, D., G. F. SHIELDS, AND C. STROBECK. 1998. Gene How between insular, coastal and interior populations of brown bears in Alaska. Molecular Ecology 7: 1283-1292.
12. POOLE, K. G., G. MOWAT, AND D. A. FEAR. 2001. DNA-based population estimate for grizzly bears Ursus arctos in northeastern British Columbia, Canada. Wildlife Biology 7: 105-115.
13. SEBER, G. A. F. 1982. The estimation of animal abundance. Second edition. Charles Griffin, London, United Kingdom.
14. TABERLET P., AND J. BOUVET. 1992. Bear conservation genetics. Nature 358: 197.
15. TABERLET P., H. MATTOCK, C. DUBOIS-PAGANON, AND J. BOUVET. 1993. Sexing free-ranging brown bears Ursus arctos using hairs found in the field. Molecular Ecology 2: 399-403.
16. TITUS, K., AND L. R. BEIER. 1997. Suitability of stream buffers and riparian habitats for brown bears. Ursus 11: 149-156.
17. WILLIAMS, B. K., J. D. NICHOLS, AND M. J. CONROY. 2001. Analysis and management of animal populations. Academic Press, San Diego, California, USA.
18. WOODS, J. G., D. PAETKAU, D. LEWIS, B. N. MCLELLAN, M. PROCTOR, AND C. STROBECK. 1999. Genetic tagging of free-ranging black and brown bears. Wildlife Society Bulletin 27: 616-627.