Article
Noninvasive genetic tracking of the endangered Pyrenean brown bear population.
Molecular ecology - 1 Sept 1997
Taberlet P, Camarra J J, Griffin S, Uhrès E, Hanotte O, Waits L P, Dubois-Paganon C, Burke T, Bouvet J
Abstract excerpt
Pyrenean brown bears Ursus arctos are threatened with extinction. Management efforts to preserve this population require a comprehensive knowledge of the number and sex of the remaining individuals and their respective home ranges. This goal has been achieved using a combination of noninvasive ge...
Topics
- Animals
- Base Sequence
- DNA
- DNA Primers
- Ecosystem
- Feces
- Female
- France
- Genetic Techniques
- Genetics, Population
- Genotype
- Hair
- Male
- Microsatellite Repeats
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Polymorphism, Genetic
- Ursidae
