Use of thermal infrared sensing to estimate density of white-tailed deer

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 37-43

  Naugle, David E ^a,c   Jenks, Jonathan A ^a,c,d   Kernohan, Brian J ^a,b  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Boise Cascade Corporation   (United States)

^c South Dakota State University ^*  (United States)

^d OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

density estimates; infrared sensing; Odocoileus virginianus; spotlight surveys; transects; white tailed deer

Indexed keywords

CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS;

THERMAL INFRARED SENSING; WHITE-TAILED DEER;

USA, SOUTH DAKOTA, SAND LAKE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE;

EID: 0029663434     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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