An efficient noninvasive method for discriminating among faeces of sympatric North American canids

Conservation Genetics Resources

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 173-175

  Bozarth, Christine A ^a,b   Alva Campbell, Yvette R ^a   Ralls, Katherine ^a   Henry, Tammy R ^a   Smith, Deborah A ^c   Westphal, Michael F ^d   Maldonado, Jesús E ^a,b  

^a SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Working Dogs for Conservation   (United States)

^d Bureau of Land Management   (United States)

Author keywords

Canis; Mitochondrial DNA; Noninvasive DNA sampling; Species identification; Vulpes

Indexed keywords

CANIDAE; CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LATRANS; UROCYON; UROCYON CINEREOARGENTEUS; VULPES; VULPES MACROTIS; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 85027948651     PISSN: 18777252     EISSN: 18777260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12686-010-9215-4     Document Type: Article

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