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Molecular forensics in avian conservation: a DNA-based approach for identifying mammalian predators of ground-nesting birds and eggs

BACKGROUND: The greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) is a ground-nesting bird from the Northern Rocky Mountains and a species at risk of extinction in in multiple U.S. states and Canada. Herein we report results from a proof of concept that mitochondrial and nuclear DNAs from mammalian pr...

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Autores principales: Hopken, Matthew W., Orning, Elizabeth K., Young, Julie K., Piaggio, Antoinette J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4704294/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26738484
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13104-015-1797-1