Estimating elk population size by reconstruction from harvest data and herd ratios

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 636-645

  Bender, Louis C ^a,b,c,d   Spencer, Rocky D ^a,e  

^a WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE   (United States)

^b INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bootstrapping; Confidence intervals; Elk; Mark recapture; Mortality rates; Population estimation; Population reconstruction; Sightability

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; CATCH STATISTICS; DEER; POPULATION ESTIMATION; SEX RATIO; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0033461822     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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