Genotyping of "captured" hairs reveals burrow-use and ranging behavior of southern hairy-nosed wombats

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 690-699

  Walker, Faith M ^a   Sunnucks, Paul ^a   Taylor, Andrea C ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Marsupial biology; Microsatellites; Molecular ecology; Noninvasive genetic sampling; Space use

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKER; DNA; ENERGY CONSERVATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; MARSUPIAL; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; PROTECTED AREA; SPACE USE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

ANIMALIA; LASIORHINUS LATIFRONS; METATHERIA; VOMBATIDAE;

EID: 33748456688     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/05-MAMM-A-287R2.1     Document Type: Article

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