When bugs reveal biodiversity

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 909-911

  Bohmann, Kristine ^a,b   Schnell, Ida Bærholm ^a,c   Gilbert, M Thomas P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTER FOR ZOO AND WILD ANIMAL HEALTH   (Denmark)

Author keywords

biodiversity; carrion flies; conservation; iDNA; terrestrial mammals

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; DIPTERA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MAMMAL; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DIPTERA; DNA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MAMMALS;

EID: 84873802008     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.12221     Document Type: Review

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