Genetic identification of elusive animals: Re-evaluating tracking and nesting data for wild western gorillas

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 275, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 333-340

  Bradley, B J ^a,b   Doran Sheehy, D M ^c   Vigilant, L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b CHRIST S COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apes; Census; DNA; Faeces; Genotyping; Identification; Microsatellite; Nests

Indexed keywords

GENETIC ANALYSIS; GROUP SIZE; HOMINID; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; NEST; NEST SITE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION ESTIMATION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; TRACKING; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMALIA; GORILLA GORILLA;

EID: 48249107488     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2008.00431.x     Document Type: Article

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