Genetic markers validate using the natural phenotypic characteristics of shed feathers to identify individual northern goshawks Accipiter gentilis

• Published in: Journal of Avian Biology
• Main Authors: Hoy, Sarah R, Ball, Rachel E, Lambin, Xavier, Whitfield, D. Philip, Marquiss, Michael
• Other Authors: University of Aberdeen.Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen.Environment and Food Security
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: QH301 Biology; Animal Science and Zoology; Ecology; Evolution; Behavior and Systematics; Natural Environment Research Council (NERC); NE/J500148/1; QH301; Accipiter gentilis
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2164/7826; https://doi.org/10.1111/jav.00794; http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84950261913&partnerID=8YFLogxK

Acknowledgements We are grateful to S. Piertney for allowing access to laboratory facilities and to M. Wenzel, R. Ogden and G. Murray-Dickson for their advice on genetic methods. This research was partly funded by a Natural Environment Research Council studentship NE/J500148/1 to SH and by Natural Research Limited. Peer reviewed