Species identification refined by molecular scatology in a community of sympatric carnivores in Xinjiang, China

Species identification refined by molecular scatology in a community of sympatric carnivores in Xinjiang, China

Many ecological studies and conservation management plans employ noninvasive scat sampling based on the assumption that species' scats can be correctly identified in the field. However, in habitats with sympatric similarly sized carnivores, misidentification of scats is frequent and can lead to...

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Main Authors: Alice LAGUARDIA, Jun WANG, Fang-Lei SHI, Kun SHI, Philip RIORDAN
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Science Press, PR China 2015-03-01
Series:Zoological Research
Subjects:
DNA analysis
Snow leopard
Scats
Noninvasive genetics
Carnivore
Online Access:http://www.zoores.ac.cn/EN/abstract/abstract3576.shtml

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