Evaluating the efficacy of non-invasive genetic methods and estimating wolf survival during a ten-year period

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1611-1622

  Marucco, F ^a   Vucetich, L M ^b   Peterson, R O ^b   Adams, J R ^c   Vucetich, J A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Capture recapture; Isle Royale; Microsatellite DNA; Non invasive; Survival; Wolves

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AERIAL SURVEY; CANID; CAPTURE METHOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSERVATION GENETICS; GENETIC MARKER; GENOTYPE; GROWTH RATE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MORTALITY; POPULATION MODELING; SURVIVAL; TEMPORAL PERIOD;

ISLE ROYALE; MICHIGAN; UNITED STATES;

CANIDAE;

EID: 84868554123     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-012-0412-4     Document Type: Article

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