Identification of mustelids using mitochondrial DNA and non-invasive sampling

  • Ann E. Riddle
  • , Kristine L. Pilgrim
  • , L. Scott Mills
  • , Kevin S. McKelvey
  • , Leonard F. Ruggiero

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Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)241-243
Number of pages3
JournalConservation Genetics
Volume4
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 2003

Funding

We thank the many people who generously provided samples: USFWS Forensics lab, Jeff Copeland, Chris Kyle, Lisette Waits, Mike Schwartz, Neil Anderson, Dan Pletscher, Jim Claar, Julie Fuller, Ed Lindquist, Steve Buskirk, Bob Grove, Charles Henny, Kenneth Hellijas, David Mayak, Dean Malloy, Bill Ziel-inski, Ric Schlexer, Don Judkins, Dave Lawlor, Earl Hodnett, Randy Matchett, Kerry Foresman, and Ray Vinkey. We appreciate lab help from Hope Draheim. We thank A.R. Hoelzel and Mike Schwartz for valuable ideas and comments. For funding we thank the National Science Foundation (DEB-9870654 to LSM) and the US Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station. AER acknowledges the UM undergraduate Irene Evers scholarship, and Watkins scholarship.

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DEB-9870654
U.S. Forest Service-Retired

    Keywords

    • Fisher
    • Gulo gulo
    • Hair snares
    • Martes
    • Mitochondrial DNA
    • Mustelids
    • Non-invasive sampling
    • Wolverine
    • mtDNA

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