A single-nucleotide polymorphism-based approach for rapid and cost-effective genetic wolf monitoring in Europe based on noninvasively collected samples

Molecular Ecology Resources

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 295-305

  Kraus, Robert H S ^a   vonHoldt, Bridgett ^b   Cocchiararo, Berardino ^a   Harms, Verena ^a,c   Bayerl, Helmut ^d   Kühn, Ralph ^d,e   Förster, Daniel W ^f   Fickel, Jörns ^f   Roos, Christian ^g   Nowak, Carsten ^a  

^a SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SENCKENBERG MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY GÖRLITZ   (Germany)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^e NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ZOO AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^g GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Canis lupus; Conservation; Genetic monitoring; Scat sampling; Single nucleotide polymorphism; Single nucleotide polymorphism chip; Wildlife management

Indexed keywords

CANIS LUPUS;

ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; COST; ECONOMICS; EUROPE; EVALUATION STUDY; GENETICS; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUE; PROCEDURES; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TIME; WOLF;

ANIMALS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; EUROPE; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUES; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; TIME FACTORS; WOLVES;

EID: 84922530954     PISSN: 1755098X     EISSN: 17550998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1755-0998.12307     Document Type: Article

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