Estimating population size of a low-density black bear population using capture-resight

Ursus

Volumn 11, Issue , 1999, Pages 117-122

  Grogan, Ronald G ^a   Lindzey, Frederick G ^b  

^a WYOMING GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Black bear; Capture resight; Density estimation; Population estimation; Ursus americanus; Wyoming

Indexed keywords

EID: 0004676062     PISSN: 15376176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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