A non-invasive genetic method to identify the sympatric mustelids pine marten (Martes martes) and stone marten (Martes foina): Preliminary distribution survey on the northern Iberian Peninsula

European Journal of Wildlife Research

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 253-261

  Ruiz González, Aritz ^a   Rubines, Jonathan ^a   Berdión, Oskar ^a   Gómez Moliner, Benjamín J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Faecal DNA; Genetic species identification; Non invasive genetic sampling

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA; MARTES FOINA; MARTES MARTES; MUSTELIDAE;

EID: 42649117185     PISSN: 16124642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10344-007-0138-7     Document Type: Article

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