Feasibility and recommendations for swift fox fecal DNA profiling

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 849-859

  Cullingham, Catherine I ^a   Curteanu, Medea ^b   Ball, Mark C ^c   Manseau, Micheline ^b,d  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c Alberta Sustainable Resource Development   (Canada)

^d PARKS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fecal genotyping; Genotyping error; Individual identification; Noninvasive samples; Swift fox; Vulpes velox

Indexed keywords

CANID; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSERVATION GENETICS; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; DNA; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FECAL PELLET; GENETIC MARKER; GENOTYPE; SAMPLING; TRAPPING;

ANIMALIA; VULPES VELOX;

EID: 77951823493     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2008-292     Document Type: Article

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