Estimating gray wolf pack size and family relationships using noninvasive genetic sampling at rendezvous sites

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 784-795

  Stenglein, Jennifer L ^a   Waits, Lisette P ^a   Ausband, David E ^b   Zager, Peter ^c   MacK, Curt M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^c IDAHO DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

^d Nez Perce Tribe   (United States)

Author keywords

Canis lupus; fecal genotyping; inbreeding; kinship; multiple litters; noninvasive genetic sampling; pack structure; pedigree; wolves

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CANID; ESTIMATION METHOD; FECAL COLIFORM; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; INBREEDING; KINSHIP; NATIVE SPECIES; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; RADIOTELEMETRY;

IDAHO; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS;

EID: 80051906071     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: 15451542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/10-MAMM-A-200.1     Document Type: Article

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