Importance of a pilot study for non-invasive genetic sampling: Genotyping errors and population size estimation in red deer

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 69-78

  Valière, Nathaniel ^a   Bonenfant, Christophe ^a,b   Toïgo, Carole ^b   Luikart, Gordon ^c   Gaillard, Jean Michel ^a   Klein, François ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b OFFICE NATIONAL DE LA CHASSE ET DE LA FAUNE SAUVAGE   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Cervus elaphus; Genotyping error; Microsatellites; Non invasive sampling; Pilot study; Population size

Indexed keywords

DEER; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ERROR ANALYSIS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; POPULATION ESTIMATION; POPULATION SIZE; SAMPLING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

CERVUS ELAPHUS;

EID: 33845955587     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-006-9149-2     Document Type: Article

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