Estimating population size of grizzly bears using hair capture, DNA profiling, and mark-recapture analysis

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 183-193

  Mowat, Garth ^a   Strobeck, Curtis ^b  

^a Timberland Consultants   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alberta; British Columbia; Canada; Density; DNA profiling; Grizzly bears; Hair removal; Mark recapture; Microsatellite analysis; Population size; Ursus arctos

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORE; DNA; ESTIMATION METHOD; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; POPULATION SIZE;

ALBERTA; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 0033964212     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802989     Document Type: Article

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