Comparing opportunistic and systematic sampling methods for non-invasive genetic monitoring of a small translocated brown bear population

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 172-181

  De Barba, Marta ^a   Waits, Lisette P ^a   Genovesi, Piero ^b   Randi, Ettore ^b   Chirichella, Roberta ^c   Cetto, Ermanno ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND RESEARCH ISPRA   (Italy)

^c Brown Bear Research and Conservation Group   (Italy)

^d Forest and Wildlife Service   (Italy)

Author keywords

Faecal DNA; Genetic monitoring; Hair trapping; Italian Alps; Non invasive genetic sampling; Opportunistic sampling; Sampling design; Small populations; Transect sampling; Ursus arctos

Indexed keywords

BEAR; CONSERVATION GENETICS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FECES; GENOTYPE; NATIVE SPECIES; POPULATION ESTIMATION; POPULATION SIZE; TRANSLOCATION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ALPS; ITALY;

URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 77949286576     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2009.01752.x     Document Type: Article

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