Estimation of European otter (Lutra lutra) population size by fecal DNA typing in southern Italy

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 855-858

  Prigioni, Claudio ^a   Remonti, Luigi ^a   Balestrieri, Alessandro ^a   Sgrosso, Silvia ^a   Priore, Giuseppe ^a   Mucci, Nadia ^b   Randi, Ettore ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b Istituto Nazionale per la Fauna Selvatica   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fecal DNA; Italy; Lutra lutra; Microsatellite; Otter density; Survey technique

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ORGANISM; DNA; ESTIMATION METHOD; FECES; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENOTYPE; MAMMAL; POPULATION SIZE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; POLLINO NATIONAL PARK; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ANIMALIA; CARNIVORA; LUTRA LUTRA;

EID: 33750422091     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/05-MAMM-A-294R1.1     Document Type: Article

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