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Noninvasive recovery and detection of possum Trichosurus vulpecula DNA from bitten bait interference devices (WaxTags)

Vargas, M. L.; Cruickshank, Robert H.; Ross, James G.; Holyoake, Andrew J.; Ogilvie, Shaun C.; Paterson, Adrian M. (Wiley, 2009-01-16)

The brushtail possum is a major agricultural and ecological pest in New Zealand. A novel noninvasive DNA sampling tool for detecting its presence (WaxTags, or WT) was tested. DNA was recovered from saliva left on WT, and ...