Estimating mountain goat abundance using DNA from fecal pellets

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1527-1534

  Poole, Kim G ^a   Reynolds, Darryl M ^b   Mowat, Garth ^b   Paetkau, David ^c  

^a Aurora Wildlife Research   (Canada)

^b RESEARCH BRANCH   (Canada)

^c WILDLIFE GENETICS INTERNATIONAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

abundance; British Columbia; DNA; fecal pellets; mark recapture; mountain goats; Oreamnos americanus

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; FECAL PELLET; GENETIC MARKER; GENOTYPE; GOAT; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; POPULATION SIZE; SAMPLING; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

CAPRA HIRCUS; OREAMNOS; OREAMNOS AMERICANUS; UNGULATA;

EID: 79960823182     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: 19372817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.184     Document Type: Article

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