A 'feather-trap' for collecting DNA samples from birds

Molecular Ecology Resources

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 129-134

  Maurer, Golo ^a,b   Beck, Nadeena ^a,c   Double, Michael C ^a,d  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c Department of the Environment Water Heritage and the Arts ^*  (Australia)

^d AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Coucal; Feather samples

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; CENTROPUS PHASIANINUS;

EID: 73349104926     PISSN: 1755098X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2009.02711.x     Document Type: Article

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