Power of track surveys to detect changes in cougar populations

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 540-546

  Beier, Paul ^a,c,d   Cunningham, Stanley C ^b,e,f  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d University of California ^*  (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^f ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cougar; mountain lion; Poisson distribution; population monitoring; Puma concolor; statistical power; track surveys

Indexed keywords

COUGAR; POPULATION CHANGE; POPULATION MONITORING; STATISTICAL POWER; TRACK SURVEY;

PUMA CONCOLOR;

EID: 0029660526     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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