Use of volatile organic components in scat to identify canid species

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 792-797

  Burnham, Eric ^a   Bender, Louis C ^a   Eiceman, Gary A ^a   Pierce, Karisa M ^b   Prasad, Satendra ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SEATTLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Canis; Chromatography; Identification; Pattern recognition; Scat; Species; Urocyon; Volatile; Vulpes

Indexed keywords

BOOTSTRAPPING; CANID; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; PATTERN RECOGNITION; VAPORIZATION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

NORTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; UROCYON; VULPES; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 42149098689     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2007-330     Document Type: Article

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