The power of genetic monitoring for studying demography, ecology and genetics of a reintroduced brown bear population

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 3938-3951

  De Barba, M ^a,b   Waits, L P ^a   Garton, E O ^a   Genovesi, P ^b   Randi, E ^b   Mustoni, A ^c   Groff, C ^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

effective population size; noninvasive genetic sampling; pedigree; spatial patterns; translocation; Ursus arctos

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEAR; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; INBREEDING; ITALY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION GENETICS;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; INBREEDING; ITALY; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POPULATION DENSITY; URSIDAE;

URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 77956582161     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2010.04791.x     Document Type: Article

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