Genetic tracking of the brown bear in northern Pakistan and implications for conservation

Biological Conservation

Volumn 134, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 537-547

  Bellemain, Eva ^a   Nawaz, Muhammad Ali ^b,e   Valentini, Alice ^a,c   Swenson, Jon E ^b,d   Taberlet, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ JOSEPH FOURIER   (France)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

^d NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^e Himalayan Wildlife Foundation   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Bottleneck; Feces; Individual identification; Pakistan; Ursus arctos

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; BEAR; CENSUS; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DNA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FIELD METHOD; GENE FLOW; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GLACIATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INBREEDING DEPRESSION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL;

ASIA; DEOSAI NATIONAL PARK; EURASIA; INDIA; NORTHERN AREAS; PAKISTAN; SOUTH ASIA;

URSUS ARCTOS; URSUS ARCTOS ARCTOS;

EID: 33845304737     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2006.09.004     Document Type: Article

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