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ArticleEcology and evolution2025

Identifying Cryptic Mammals With Non-Invasive Methods: An Effective Molecular Species Identification Tool to Survey Southern African Terrestrial Carnivores.

Amy Wong, Eduardo Eizirik, Klaus-Peter Koepfli, Vera de Ferran, Tresia Shihepo, Anna Rose Lay, Julia Zumbroich, Nicola Rooney, Laurie Marker, Anne Schmidt-Küntzel

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Article in Ecology and evolution, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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10 authors.

Amy WongCheetah Conservation Fund Otjiwarongo Namibia.
Eduardo EizirikPUCRS, Escola de Ciências da Saúde e da Vida Laboratório de Biologia Genômica e Molecular Porto Alegre Brazil.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9658-0999
Klaus-Peter KoepfliSmithsonian-Mason School of Conservation George Mason University Front Royal Virginia USA.
Vera de FerranPUCRS, Escola de Ciências da Saúde e da Vida Laboratório de Biologia Genômica e Molecular Porto Alegre Brazil.
Tresia ShihepoCheetah Conservation Fund Otjiwarongo Namibia.
Anna Rose LayDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology University of California Los Angeles California USA.
Julia ZumbroichCheetah Conservation Fund Otjiwarongo Namibia.
Nicola RooneyBristol Veterinary School University of Bristol Langford UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9629-1700
Laurie MarkerCheetah Conservation Fund Otjiwarongo Namibia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1636-2191
Anne Schmidt-KüntzelCheetah Conservation Fund Otjiwarongo Namibia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5108-2606

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Carnivores play a vital role in ecosystem health and are thus an important focus for conservation management. Non-invasive methods have gained traction for carnivore monitoring as carnivores are often elusive and wide-ranging, making visual counts particularly difficult. Faecal mini-barcoding combines field collection of scats with genetic analysis for species identification. Here, we assessed the applicability of a mini-barcode based on the mitochondrial

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mitochondrial mini‐barcodeNamibianon‐invasive geneticsscat‐based surveysouthern African terrestrial carnivoresthornbush savannah

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