Molecular tracking of jaguar melanism using faecal DNA

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1239-1242

  Haag, Taiana ^a,b   Santos, Anelisie S ^b   Valdez, Fernanda P ^b   Sana, Dênis A ^c   Silveira, Leandro ^d   Cullen Jr , Laury ^e   de Angelo, Carlos ^f   Morato, Ronaldo G ^c,g   Crawshaw Jr , Peter G ^g   Salzano, Francisco M ^a   Eizirik, Eduardo ^b,c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^c Instituto Pro Carnivoros   (Brazil)

^d Jaguar Conservation Fund   (Brazil)

^e Instituto de Pesquisas Ecologicas   (Brazil)

^f Centro de Investigaciones del Bosque Atlantico Puerto Iguazu   (Argentina)

^g INSTITUTO CHICO MENDES DE CONSERVAÇÃO DA BIODIVERSIDADE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

MC1R; Non invasive sampling; Panthera onca; Phenotypic polymorphism

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CONSERVATION GENETICS; CONSERVATION PLANNING; FELID; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MELANISM; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM; SPECIES CONSERVATION; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMALIA; PANTHERA; PANTHERA ONCA;

EID: 77952879494     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-009-9933-x     Document Type: Article

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