Noninvasive monitoring of wolves at the edge of their distribution and the cost of their conservation

Animal Conservation

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 157-161

  Echegaray, J ^a,b,c   Vila C ^c  

^a Basque Wolf Group   (Spain)

^b SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Canis lupus; Dog; Microsatellites; Mitochondrial DNA; Noninvasive monitoring; Predator control; Spain

Indexed keywords

CANID; CONSERVATION GENETICS; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION STATUS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXTINCTION RISK; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MINIMUM VIABLE POPULATION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MONITORING; PREDATOR CONTROL; SPECIES CONSERVATION; VULNERABILITY;

BASQUE COUNTRY; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SPAIN;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS; VULPES; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 77952713806     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: 14691795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1795.2009.00315.x     Document Type: Article

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