Rapid species identification of eight sympatric northern Australian macropods from faecal-pellet DNA

Wildlife Research

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 241-249

  Wadley, Jessica J ^a   Austin, Jeremy J ^a,b   Fordham, Damien A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b MUSEUM VICTORIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

distribution; faeces; genetics; kangaroo; macropodidae; molecular; monitoring; non invasive sampling; PCR RFLP; restriction fragment length polymorphism; RFLP; scat; survey

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CONSERVATION GENETICS; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FECAL PELLET; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MARSUPIAL; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MONITORING; MORPHOLOGY; SAMPLING; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SYMPATRY;

AUSTRALIA;

MACROPODIDAE;

EID: 84878278278     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR13005     Document Type: Article

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