The closed-subpopulation method and estimation of population size from mark-recapture and ancillary data

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 320-326

  Tuyttens, Frank A M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Centrum voor Landbouwkundig Onderzoek Gent CLO / Centre de Recherches Agronomiques Gand   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; POPULATION ESTIMATION; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0034023377     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z99-218     Document Type: Article

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