Distinguishing dung from blue, red and yellow-backed duikers through noninvasive genetic techniques

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 411-417

  Van Vliet, Nathalie ^a   Zundel, Stéphanie ^b   Miquel, Christian ^b   Taberlet, Pierre ^b   Nasi, Robert ^a  

^a CIRAD   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Duiker surveys; Dung count methods; Mitochondrial DNA; Noninvasive genetics

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; CENSUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ERROR ANALYSIS; EXCRETION; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MORPHOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; RUMINANT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TROPICAL FOREST;

CEPHALOPHUS MONTICOLA; CEPHALOPHUS SILVICULTOR;

EID: 50849110826     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: 13652028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2028.2007.00879.x     Document Type: Article

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