Critically Endangered Arabian leopards Panthera pardus nimr in Israel: Estimating population parameters using molecular scatology

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Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 295-301

  Perez, Inbar ^a   Geffen, Eli ^a   Mokady, Ofer ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

DNA; Israel; Leopard; Microsatellite; Non invasive sampling; Panthera pardus nimr; Sex specific markers

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORE; CONSERVATION STATUS; DNA; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXTINCTION RISK; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MAMMAL; MANAGEMENT; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; POPULATION SIZE; SURVEY;

ARABIAN PENINSULA; ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; JORDAN; JUDEAN DESERT; MIDDLE EAST; NEGEV; NEGEV HIGHLANDS; SOUTHERN DISTRICT;

FELIDAE; PANTHERA; PANTHERA PARDUS;

EID: 33749147850     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605306000846     Document Type: Article

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