Genetic, isotopic analysis provides approach for wildlife conservation purposes: Study

Cincinnati [US], July 20 (ANI): Researchers have applied genetic and isotopic analyses to jaguar scat to investigate the big cats' habitat needs in Belize's Mountain Pine Ridge Forest Preserve. The study demonstrates a novel and noninvasive technique for identifying elusive wildlife's landscape use and conservation needs.

The study was published in the European Journal of Wildlife Research.

It concluded that combining gen