The reintroduction of the Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra) into the Netherlands: Hidden life revealed by noninvasive genetic monitoring

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 601-614

  Koelewijn, H P ^a   Perez Haro M ^a,b   Jansman, H A H ^a   Boerwinkel, M C ^a   Bovenschen, J ^a   Lammertsma, D R ^a   Niewold, F J J ^a   Kuiters, A T ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Carnivores; DNA; Effective population; Faeces; Mating system; Parentage analysis; Recruitment; Sex biased dispersal

Indexed keywords

DNA; EFFECTIVE POPULATION SIZE; FECES; GENETIC MARKER; GENOTYPE; JUVENILE; MORTALITY; MUSTELID; PARENTAGE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REINTRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

CARNIVORA; LUTRA LUTRA;

EID: 77952095393     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-010-0051-6     Document Type: Article

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