Estimating abundance of Sitka black‐tailed deer using DNA from fecal pellets

• Published in: The Journal of Wildlife Management
• Main Authors: Brinkman, Todd J., Person, David K., Chapin, F. Stuart, Smith, Winston, Hundertmark, Kris J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2011
• Subjects: Prince of Wales Island; Alaska
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jwmg.22; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fjwmg.22; http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/wol1/doi/10.1002/jwmg.22/fullpdf

Abstract Densely vegetated environments have hindered collection of basic population parameters on forest‐dwelling ungulates. Our objective was to develop a mark–recapture technique that used DNA from fecal pellets to overcome constraints associated with estimating abundance of ungulates in landscap...