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The power of genetic monitoring for studying demography, ecology and genetics of a reintroduced brown bear population.
Molecular ecology - 1 Sept 2010
De Barba M, Waits L P, Garton E O, Genovesi P, Randi E, Mustoni A, Groff C
Abstract excerpt
Genetic monitoring has rarely been used for wildlife translocations despite the potential benefits this approach offers, compared to traditional field-based methods. We applied genetic monitoring to the reintroduced brown bear population in northern Italy. From 2002 to 2008, 2781 hair and faecal samples collected noninvasively plus 12 samples obtained from captured or dead bears were used to follow the...
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