Estimating population size by genotyping remotely plucked hair: The Eurasian badger

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 985-995

  Frantz, Alain C ^a,b   Schaul, Michel ^b   Pope, Lisa C ^c   Fack, Fred ^d   Schley, Laurent ^e   Muller, Claude P ^d   Roper, Timothy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b MUSÉE NATIONAL D HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (Luxembourg)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d LABORATOIRE NATIONAL DE SANTÉ   (Luxembourg)

^e Service de la Conservation de la Nature   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

Hair DNA; Meles meles; Non invasive DNA; Rarefaction curves; Remote censusing

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; HAIR; MUSTELID; POPULATION SIZE;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; MELES MELES; MUSTELIDAE; TAXIDEA TAXUS; TAXIDIINAE;

EID: 5344272594     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0021-8901.2004.00951.x     Document Type: Article

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