Genetic monitoring of a founder population of brown bears (Ursus arctos) in central Austria

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1223-1233

  Kruckenhauser, Luise ^a   Rauer, Georg ^b   Däubl, Barbara ^a   Haring, Elisabeth ^a  

^a NATURHISTORISCHES MUSEUM WIEN   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Genetic monitoring; Non invasive sampling; Reintroduction; Sex determination; Ursus arctos

Indexed keywords

BEAR; DNA; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; MIGRATORY SPECIES; MORTALITY; POPULATION DENSITY; REINTRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SEX DETERMINATION;

AUSTRIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE;

URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 70350524211     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-008-9654-6     Document Type: Article

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