Estimating abundance of tuatara

Biological Conservation

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 361-366

  Cassey, Phillip ^a,b   Ussher, Graham T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conservation; Density estimation; Line transect sampling; Mark recapture; Threatened species; Tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus)

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; CONSERVATION STATUS; REPTILE;

NEW ZEALAND;

SPHENODON PUNCTATUS;

EID: 0033024096     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(98)00114-1     Document Type: Article

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