Evaluation of aerial line transect methodology for estimating red deer (Cervus elaphus) abundance in Scotland

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 39-50

  Trenkel, Verena M ^a   Buckland, Stephen T ^b   McLean, Colin ^c   Elston, David A ^a  

^a BIOMATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c Red Deer Commn now Derr C   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aerial line transects; Census counts; Costs; Red deer

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST ESTIMATING;

A-COEFFICIENT; AERIAL LINE TRANSECT; AERIAL LINES; CASE-STUDIES; CENSUS COUNT; CERVUS ELAPHUS; COEFFICIENTS OF VARIATIONS; LINE TRANSECT METHODS; RED DEER; SCOTLAND;

COST EFFECTIVENESS;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; COST; DEER; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; UNITED KINGDOM;

CERVUS ELAPHUS;

AERIAL LINE TRANSECT; CENSUS COUNT; METHOD EVALUATION; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION ESTIMATION; RED DEER;

US, SCOTLAND;

EID: 0031450965     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jema.1996.0094     Document Type: Article

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