Maximum likelihood population size estimation of harbour seals in the Dutch Wadden Sea based on a mark-recapture experiment

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 332-339

  Ries, Edith H ^a   Hiby, Lex R ^b   Reijnders, Peter J H ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Conservation Research Ltd ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Correction factor; Phoca vitulina; Telemetry

Indexed keywords

CAPTURE-MARK-RECAPTURE; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD; POPULATION ESTIMATION; SEAL;

WADDEN SEA;

PHOCA VITULINA;

EID: 0031903513     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2664.1998.00305.x     Document Type: Article

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