NOREMARK: Population estimation from mark-resighting surveys

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 50-52

  White, Gary C ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

closure; Lincoln Petersen; mark resight; maximum likelihood; population estimation; sighting surveys

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029832406     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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