Evaluation of a mark-resighting technique for woodland caribou in Newfoundland

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1227-1235

  Mahoney, Shane P ^a   Virgl, John A ^b   Fong, David W ^c   MacCharles, Andrea M ^a   McGrath, Michael ^a  

^a Department of Environment and Conservation   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c Newfoundland Labrador Wildl Div   (Canada)

Author keywords

Caribou; Cost effectiveness; Petersen estimation; Precision; Rangifer tarandus; Sightability bias

Indexed keywords

METHODOLOGY; POPULATION ESTIMATION; UNGULATE;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; RANGIFER; RANGIFER TARANDUS; RANGIFER TARANDUS CARIBOU; UNGULATA;

EID: 0031754818     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3801986     Document Type: Article

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