Use of forensic genetics to detect a potential incursion of the brushtail possum onto Great Barrier Island

New Zealand Journal of Ecology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 152-155

  Ramón Laca, Ana ^a   Gleeson, Dianne ^b  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Faecal DNA; Pest detection; Trichosurus vulpecula

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894336692     PISSN: 01106465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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