EVALUATION OF THE EFFICIENCY OF SAMPLING AND PRESERVING METHODS FOR NON-INVASIVE SAMPLES WHEN BROWN BEAR POPULATION-GENETIC STUDIES ARE CONDUCTING

• Published in: Proceedings of the Karelian Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences
• Main Authors: Anastasiia Kuznetsova, Konstantin Tirronen, Danila Panchenko, Julia Schregel, Evgeny Khizhkin
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Russian
• Published: Karelian Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences 2019
• Subjects: brown bear; ursus arctos l; feces; non-invasive sampling; method; preservation; diet; dna extraction; str analysis; Science; Q; Murmansk; Norway; Svanhovd; Svanvik; karelia*; Republic of Karelia; Ursus arctos
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.17076/eb1038; https://doaj.org/article/ae59a222b1b54a41a5ad9f1536a5a105

The possibilities of using non-invasively sampled biological material to study the genetic diversity and status of the brown bear population in the European North of Russia are discussed. The effectiveness of sampling and preservation methods is evaluated. Fieldwork including non-invasive collection...