Monitoring martes populations in california: survey design and power analysis

Ecological Applications

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1254-1267

  Zielinski, William J ^a   Stauffer, Howard B ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Detection; Forest carnivores; Martes; Monitoring; Occurrence; Sign survey; Statistical power

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; MARTES; MARTES AMERICANA; MARTES PENNANTI; MUSTELINAE;

AMERICAN MARTEN; FISHER; MAMMAL SURVEY; POPULATION MONITORING;

USA, CALIFORNIA;

EID: 0030401707     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2269605     Document Type: Article

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