Distance sampling for Sonoran Desert tortoises

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 969-975

  Swann, Don E ^a   Averill Murray, Roy C ^b   Schwalbe, Cecil R ^c  

^a NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^b ARIZONA GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundance estimation; Arizona; Density estimation; Desert tortoise; Distance sampling; Gopherus agassizii; Line transect; Radiotelemetry; Sonoran Desert

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; POPULATION DENSITY; RADIOTELEMETRY; REPTILE; SAMPLING; TRANSECT;

ARIZONA; RINCON MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

GOPHERUS; GOPHERUS AGASSIZII; REPTILIA; TESTUDINIDAE;

EID: 0036816009     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802929     Document Type: Article

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