Estimating population size of endangered brush-tailed rock-wallaby (Petrogale penicillata) colonies using faecal DNA

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 81-91

  Piggott, M P ^a,c   Banks, S C ^a,c   Stone, N ^b,d   Banffy, C ^b,d   Taylor, A C ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Department of Environment and Conservation ^*  (Australia)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENT AND HERITAGE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Faecal DNA; Mark recapture; Noninvasive genetic sampling; Petrogale penicillata; Population size estimation; Rock wallaby

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA; PRIMER DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FECES; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MALE; MARSUPIAL; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; SEX RATIO;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DNA PRIMERS; FECES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; MACROPODIDAE; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; NEW SOUTH WALES; POPULATION DENSITY; SEX RATIO;

PETROGALE; PETROGALE PENICILLATA;

EID: 33645051474     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2005.02783.x     Document Type: Article

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