An improved estimate of trail detectability for snow-trail surveys

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 32-38

  Beauvais, Gary P ^a   Buskirk, Steven W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Mammal tracks; Population surveys; Sampling effort; Snow tracking

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; MAMMAL; SNOW; TRACKING;

EID: 0032859864     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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