A simple genetic method to distinguish mule deer and bighorn sheep fecal pellets and its application to detecting bighorn sheep colonization events in California
Bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) habitat frequently is geographically discontinuous and the metapopulation model fits this species well. Consequently, extinction-colonization dynamics are important and need to be monitored. Much of the conservation history of bighorn sheep, however, was based on a th...
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| Language: | English |
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California Department of Fish and Wildlife
2023-12-01
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| Series: | California Fish and Wildlife Journal |
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| Online Access: | https://journal.wildlife.ca.gov/2023/12/29/a-simple-genetic-method-to-distinguish-mule-deer-and-bighorn-sheep-fecal-pellets-and-its-application-to-detecting-bighorn-sheep-colonization-events-in-california/ |