Small mammal trapping in tropical montane forests of the Upper Nilgiris, southern India: An evaluation of capture-recapture models in estimating abundance

Journal of Biosciences

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 99-111

  Shanker, Kartik ^a,b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Capture probability; Coefficient of variation; Estimators; Rattus rattus; Trap mortality

Indexed keywords

MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MONTANE FOREST; POPULATION ESTIMATION; SMALL MAMMAL;

ARTICLE; ECOLOGY; FOREST; INDIA; MAMMAL; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION MODEL; PREDATION; PROBABILITY;

INDIA; NILGIRI HILLS; TAMIL NADU;

MAMMALIA; RATTUS RATTUS; RODENTIA; SORICIDAE;

EID: 0034054872     PISSN: 02505991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02985187     Document Type: Article

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