Demonstration of line transect methodologies to estimate urban gray squirrel density

Environmental Management

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 943-947

  Hein, Eric W ^a,b  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bias; Density; Distance sampling; Gray squirrel; Line transect; Sciurus carolinensis

Indexed keywords

DISTANCE SAMPLING THEORY; GRAY SQUIRREL; LINE TRANSECT METHODOLOGIES;

COST EFFECTIVENESS; COSTS; NATURAL RESOURCES EXPLORATION; POPULATION STATISTICS; SURVEYS;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

GREY SQUIRREL; LINE TRANSECT METHOD; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION ESTIMATION; URBAN POPULATION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; SQUIRREL; URBAN POPULATION;

ANIMALIA; CAROLINENSIS; SCIURIDAE; SCIURUS CAROLINENSIS;

EID: 0031282673     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002679900078     Document Type: Article

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