Estimating population density per unit area from mark, release, recapture data

Ecological Applications

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1241-1253

  Matlock, Robert B ^a,b,c   Welch, John B ^a,d   Parker, Frank D ^c  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b Escuela de Agricultura de la Region Tropical Humeda EARTH   (Costa Rica)

^c Department SJ0 2670 ^*  (United States)

^d American Embassy   (United States)

Author keywords

Cochliomyia hominivorax; Costa Rica; Diptera; Dispersal; Mark, release, recapture; Mexico; Population density; Screwworm; Sterile insect method

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CALLIPHORIDAE; COCHLIOMYIA HOMINIVORAX; DIPTERA; INSECTA;

DENSITY; MARK-RECAPTURE DATA; POPULATION ESTIMATION; SCREWWORM;

MEXICO, COSTA RICA;

EID: 0030389941     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2269604     Document Type: Article

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