Integrating motion‐detection cameras and hair snags for wolverine identification

• Published in: The Journal of Wildlife Management
• Main Authors: Magoun, Audrey J., Long, Clinton D., Schwartz, Michael K., Pilgrim, Kristine L., Lowell, Richard E., Valkenburg, Patrick
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2011
• Subjects: Gulo gulo
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jwmg.107; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fjwmg.107; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/jwmg.107; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1002/jwmg.107

Abstract We developed an integrated system for photographing a wolverine's ( Gulo gulo ) ventral pattern while concurrently collecting hair for microsatellite DNA genotyping. Our objectives were to 1) test the system on a wild population of wolverines using an array of camera and hair‐snag (C&a...