Identifying lynx and other North American felids based on MtDNA analysis

  • L. Scott Mills
  • , Kristine L. Pilgrim
  • , Michael K. Schwartz
  • , Kevin McKelvey

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Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)285-288
Number of pages4
JournalConservation Genetics
Volume1
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 2000

Funding

Samples or other assistance were generously provided by: Ted Bailey, Howard Golden, Gary Hanvey, John Malloy, Mark Hebblewhite, Gordon Jarrell, Warren Johnson, Mark Klietz, Chris Kyle, Rob Mulders, Todd Shurry, Helen Slama, John Squires, Brian Theroux. We appreciate lab help from Hope Draheim, Rachelle Owen, and Ann Riddle. Steve Forbes, Doug Emlen, David Tallmon, and Len Ruggiero provided insightful advice, equipment, and/or comments. We thank Steve Fain, JoAnn Shafer, Bonnie Yates, and Gina Harris at the USFWS Forensics lab for samples, conducting the blind test and discussing protocols for forensic identification of hair. We appreciate reviews from Pierre Taberlet, Harry Smith, and two anonymous reviewers. For funding we thank USDA McIntire-Stennis, the National Science Foundation (DEB-9870654 to L.S.M.), and US Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station. MKS acknowledges a University of Montana Bertha Morton PhD fellowship.

Funder number
DEB-9870654

    Keywords

    • Felids
    • Hair snags
    • Lynx
    • Lynx canadensis
    • Mitochondrial DNA
    • Non-invasive sampling
    • Species inventory and monitoring

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