Using environmental DNA methods to improve winter surveys for rare carnivores: DNA from snow and improved noninvasive techniques

W. Franklin, Thomas; S. McKelvey, Kevin; D. Golding, Jessie; H. Mason, Daniel; C. Dysthe, Joseph; L. Pilgrim, Kristine; R. Squires, John; B. Aubry, Keith; A. Long, Robert; Greaves, Samuel; M. Raley, Catherine; M. Jackson, Scott; MacKay, Paula; Lisbon, Joshua; D. Sauder, Joel; T. Pruss, Michael; Heffington, Don; K. Schwartz, Michael

doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2018.11.006

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Using environmental DNA methods to improve winter surveys for rare carnivores: DNA from snow and improved noninvasive techniques

Published in Biological Conservation • Nov 21, 2018

Authors:

Thomas W. Franklin

Kevin S. McKelvey

Jessie D. Golding

Abstract

The management of rare species is a conservation priority worldwide, but this task is made difficult by detection errors in population surveys. Both false positive (misidentification) and false negative (missed detection) errors are prevalent in surveys for rare species and can affect resulting infe...

Subject

Snow

Population

Rare species

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