New Insights on Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) Diet from Faeces based on Next-Generation Sequencing Technologies
Practical tools to quantify range-wide dietary choices of the polar bear have not been well developed, thus impeding the monitoring of this species in a changing climate. Here we describe our steps toward non-invasive polar bear diet determination with the optimization of 454 pyrosequencing of a 136...
Published in: | ARCTIC |
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Main Authors: | , , , , |
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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The Arctic Institute of North America
2021
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Online Access: | https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/72239 |