Field surveys of capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) in the Swiss Alps underestimated local abundance of the species as revealed by genetic analyses of non-invasive samples

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 33-44

  Jacob, Gwenaël ^a,b   Debrunner, Rolf ^a   Gugerli, Felix ^a   Schmid, Bernhard ^b   Bollmann, Kurt ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Abundance estimate; Capercaillie; Genetic tagging; Non invasive sampling

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CONSERVATION GENETICS; FIELD SURVEY; GAMEBIRD; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; NATIVE SPECIES; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION SIZE; POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS; RARE SPECIES;

ALPS; SWITZERLAND;

TETRAO UROGALLUS;

EID: 74749087295     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-008-9794-8     Document Type: Article

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