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Fecal genetic analysis using PCR-RFLP of cytochrome b to identify sympatric carnivores, the tiger Panthera tigris and the leopard Panthera pardus, in far eastern Russia

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  1. Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA

    Junco Nagata & Dale R. McCullough

  2. Institute of Sustainable Use of Natural Resources, Vladivostok, Russia

    Vladimir V. Aramilev & Alexander Belozor

  3. Graduate School of Environmental Earth Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, 060-0810, Japan

    Taro Sugimoto

  4. Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Tsukuba, 305-8687, Japan

    Junco Nagata

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Nagata, J., Aramilev, V.V., Belozor, A. et al. Fecal genetic analysis using PCR-RFLP of cytochrome b to identify sympatric carnivores, the tiger Panthera tigris and the leopard Panthera pardus, in far eastern Russia. Conserv Genet 6, 863–866 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10592-005-9038-0

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