Red Deer in Camera Trap (IMAGE)

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Red Deer in Camera Trap

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Ecologists in England, Scotland and the University of Massachusetts Amherst, report on a new method of identifying an 'entire community of mammals,' including elusive and endangered species such as red deer that are otherwise difficult to monitor, by collecting DNA from river water

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UMass Amherst/Joseph Drake

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